Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Archive before being transferred to HMS

before being transferred to HMS Gleaner

Footnote: Cyril William Kinsella was born in Acton

Silver Grade Cross for Sixteen Years' Service (Croce per anzianita di servizio)

obverse illustrating the left-facing King Leopold II and flanked by the inscriptions "LEOPOLD II ROI" and "DES BELGES"

The inside of the reverse exterior cover is number engraved "8693B" and "9410B"

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Archive before being transferred to HMS(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm topped by a ribbed suspension ring bearing two oak leaves, in turn connecting to a