- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Cormarant, Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1938
"In recognition of your services to the wounded members of the crew of the German battleship DEUTSCHLAND at Gibraltar."
Following the attack on the "Deutschland" during the Spanish Civil War the wounded were transferred to Gibraltar where they were taken care of by a British military hospital.
German approval of 13 January 1938.