Only the upper part of the iron skull survives, adhering to the bronze casing.
The bronze covering consists of four sections: (a) skull cap and neck guard, applied with a plating of white metal or silver, (b) overlapping these, the brow and occiput in yellow bronze, (c) ear guards and a large bronze boss applied over the joins and (d) other large bosses attached, one to the occiputal region and three more to the neck guard. There was also a large circular ornament on the brow (since lost) - possibly another bronze boss.
Other decoration consists of double raised lines, punched at intervals of 5mm and applied at the upper edge of the occiput.
At each side of the central ornaments of these plates are semi-circles, worked in the same technique.
Scriber marks and six neat rivets show where the crest box was attached.
The left cheek piece survives, being of bronze with a hollow rim. It has an embossed semi-circle below the hinge and a stylised representation of an ear that is shaped to fit into the ear guard.
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