The skull applied with elaborate gilt metal oak and olive foliage over its full surface, gilded with gilt-metal helmet plate with Queen's crown over the Royal Arms mounted on a white metal rayed star, with foliate sheathed plume holder (the plume a later replacement), lion mask ear rosettes (lacking chin scales), the front and back peaks lined in green leather, the interior with helmet lining intact and handwritten label 'Lord Ellenborough.'