A Czechoslovakian Artilleryman's Proficiency Badge GTRexclude The rescuers recovered the bodies

The rescuers recovered the bodies of fifteen of the twenty-six victims

silver plated on triangular ribbon

becoming the Slovak Republic (Slovak State)

A Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross - so called "Pour-le-Merite" for enlisted

Ernest George Frederick Caston was also awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal as a Lieutenant

A Czechoslovakian Artilleryman's Proficiency Badge GTRexclude The rescuers recovered the bodiesA Czechoslovakian Artilleryman's Proficiency Badge Two piece construction, silvered bronze insignia affixed to a bronze base, weighing 42. 4 mm grams, Czech coat of arms mark on the reverse, 46. 2 mm x 45. 8 mm, clip attachment, oxidation spots on the silvered insignia, light contact, near extremely fine.