A lokacin yakin Schleswig na biyu a 1864 ya kasance "Kapitänleutnant" kuma Babban Jami'in a kan jirgin ruwa na Prussian. A cikin
ya yi aiki a cikin jirgin ruwa na Jasmund (Isle of Rügen) a ranar 17 ga Maris, 1864, ya ji rauni kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Red Eagle.