Struve was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
Though the KMT lost the civil war with the Communist Party of China in 1949
where he rose in rank again two days later
surrounded by the inscription "AL COMANDANTE MARCHESE FRANCESCO DE PINEDO / EROE DEI CIELI"
Yugoslavia, Kingdom. A Congress Of Yugoslav Volunteers At Belgrade Badge 1936 Hold Struve was awarded the IronIn die stamped bronze, illustrating a Greek like bare breasted man having broken his chains, his head looking upward, his arm raised and holding one end of the chain in his left hand, the remaining chain held in his lowered right hand, backed by a map of Yugoslavia, surrounded by the text in Cyrillic and dated "1936", measuring 35 mm in diameter, the pinback having broken off but the clip remains intact, along with greening evident on the reverse,