SCW Campaign Medal to German Kriegsmarine Personnel?

[Scott]

I know German Kriegsmarine (KM) personnel who were on ship in support of the nationalists during the Spanish Civil War received various grades of the German Spain Cross at the wars end. But did Spain authorize award of the Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal/Medalla de la Campampana (example shown below) to those regular German-uniformed KM officers and men at sea supporting the nationalist cause, but not in-country as part of the Legion Condor, Gruppe Drohne, etc?

 

 

 

[Gordon Craig]

Scott,

An interesting question.  The only thing that I found in this regard was a thread started by Paul R on the GMIC which tends to answer your question.  Here is a link to that thread.

Regards,

Gordon

 

 

 

[Scott]

Thanks, Gordon. Yes, I remember that thread. 

 

My curiosity was piqued on this subject by the photo below posted on WAF: other than the German Spain Cross being worn on the wrong pocket, the ribbon for the Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal/Medalla de la Campampana is conspicuously absent from his ribbon bar. I know ribbon bars weren't always kept up to date, but it still got me thinking.

[Scott]

Well, I should know by now that if I go far enough back in this forum I'll find what I'm looking for . The photo below was posted in a thread by Jacques in 2007, clearly showing this KM sailor wearing ribbons of the Spanish Red Military Merit Cross and Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal.

[Scott]

Another great photo thread from 2007 below by Jacques shows numerous KM officers & men sporting Spain Crosses -with and without swords- with a few sporting the Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal ribbon, some that might be sporting it (photos too blurry/small to tell for certain), and some not sporting it at all. I supposed it boiled down to circumstances and preferences.