The circular shield with relief reserves depicting classical scenes, surmounted by the figure of a man slaying a dragon, mounbted in an ebonized frame with a plaque inscribed 'Presented to Lt. Col. Sir Francis Burdett Bart./ High Sheriff of the county of Surrey & Chairman of the vestry of the town and parish of Richmond on the occasion of the succession to the family title by his friends in Richmond in recognition of his services to the parishioners/ 24th November 1880.'.