A German Mother's Cross; Silver Grade With Packet Auction Archive lookouts aboard HMS Sheffield noted

lookouts aboard HMS Sheffield noted the presence of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen making their way to the southwest along the ice at a fast rate of speed

leaving only a medical student with the expedition

was allowed to retain the rank of Lieutenant and was later eligible for the Silver War Badge (list 228

Austrian coat-of-arms on the inside lid

A German Mother's Cross; Silver Grade With Packet Auction Archive lookouts aboard HMS Sheffield notedA German Mother's Cross; Silver Grade with Packet In bronze and enamels, with Blue paper packet, printed in black ink "Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter Zweite Stufe" on the front and maker marked "Foerster & Barth Pforzheim" on the reverse, very fine.