Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te timatanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao i uru atu ia ki te 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment ("2. Fußartillerie-Regiment") o te ope taua Bavarian hei Fahnenjunker. I te mea he rangatira ia i whawhai i runga i te Western Front i roto i nga whawhai o Verdun me
Reims, i te Aisne, tata ki Artois me Ypres. I te mutunga o te pakanga ko ia te Oberleutnant (teihana tuatahi) me te whiwhi i nga akomanga e rua o te Iron Cross me te Military Merit Order IV akomanga me nga hoari mo ana ratonga.