Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekusimudzirwa kune rear admiral musi wa9 Mbudzi 1936, akagadzwa kuve mukuru wemauto eDodecanese, aine dzimbahwe muRhodes. Musi wa 7 Kurume 1938 akasimudzirwa kuva Vice Admiral uye akapiwa kutungamira kwe1st Cruiser Division, achitora chikamu mukukunda kweAlbania.
muna April 1939; muna 1940 akava mutungamiri wemauto ose ehondo muSardinia, chinzvimbo chaakanga achiri nacho panguva yekupinda kweItaly muHondo Yenyika II. Muna Gumiguru 1940 akagadzwa kuve mukuru wemauto eAlbania, aine dzimbahwe muDurres, achiraira mauto emauto panguva yeHondo yeGreco-Italy nekupinda kweYugoslavia. Nokuda kwounyanzvi hwake hwokushanda mukutarisira zviteshi zveAlbania, akarumbidzwa zviri pamutemo naBenito Mussolini uye akapiwa Knight's Cross yeMasoja Order yeSavoy.