Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Degenfeld ki te 3rd Infantry Regiment o te ope taua o Baden i te tau 1833 ka whakatairangahia hei rangatira me te rangatira o te kamupene o te 1st Infantry Regiment i te 1845. I te 1848/49 i uru ia ki te pakanga ki nga hoia herekore. I te tau 1849 i reti ia mo te wa poto, engari i karangahia ia ki te tari o te ope. I te tau 1850 ka haere ia ki te 2nd Infantry Regiment i te wa i whakahoutia ai te Baden Army Corps, a i te 1855 ki te Leibgrenadier Regiment. I te tau 1858 i tohua ia hei rangatira nui, a i te tau 1861 hei koromatua tuarua o te 2nd Fusilier Battalion. I te tau 1863 ko ia te rangatira o te roopu Baden i te Runga o Rastatt, engari i tukuna mai i tenei whakahau i te tau 1864 na te huringa o te hoia. I te tau 1865 i whakatairangahia a Degenfeld ki te koronel ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te rangatira o te Leibgrenadier Regiment. I te wa o te Pakanga o Austro-Prussian, i uru a Degenfeld me tana roopu hei waahanga o te Ropu o Baden i raro i te whakahau a Prince Wilhelm hei waahanga o te Whakatairanga o te Main i te Pakanga o Hundheim i te Hurae 23, 1866, te Pakanga o Werbach i te Hurae 24, 1866 me te
Te Pakanga o Gerchsheim. I te tau 1868 i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira nui me te rangatira o te 2nd Infantry Brigade.