Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1939, bayan haɓakawa zuwa Kwamandan, an ba shi umarnin Squadron na 8th Destroyer, tare da tuta a kan "Folgore"; a watan Afrilu na 1939 ya shiga cikin mamayewar Italiya na Albania
, yana karɓar War Cross don Ƙarfin Soja don ingantaccen tallafi da aka bayar ga saukowa.