Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Hanuere 1915, kotahi rā i mua i tana karangatanga ki te mahi hōia i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, ka marenatia ia e Rosa Koch. I tukuna ia ki te patu patu i te taha ki te hauauru, i noho ai ia tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga, i uru atu ki te
Ko te Pakanga o Champagne (1915<unk>1916), te Pakanga o Somme (1916), te Pakanga o Arras (1917), te Pakanga Tuarua o Aisne (1917), te Pakanga o Cambrai (1917) (1917), me te Pakanga o Soissons (1918). Mo tana mahi, i whakawhiwhia a Thälmann ki te ripeka rino Tuarua, te ripeka Hanseatic me te tohu whara (rua).