Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Degenfeld ya shiga Rundunar Sojoji ta 3 na Rundunar Baden a 1833 kuma an ci gaba da zama kyaftin da kwamandan kwamandan na 1st Infantry Regiment ta 1845. A cikin 1848/49 ya shiga cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe a kan sojojin 'yanci na juyin juya hali. A shekara ta 1849 an yi ritaya na ɗan lokaci, amma sai aka sake kira shi zuwa ofishin rundunar. A cikin 1850 ya zo ga Rundunar Sojoji ta 2 lokacin da aka sake kafa rundunar sojojin Baden, kuma a cikin 1855 zuwa Rundunar Leibgrenadier. A shekara ta 1858 an nada shi Manjo kuma a shekara ta 1861 a matsayin Laftanar Kanar na 2nd Fusilier Battalion. A cikin 1863 ya kasance a cikin umurnin rundunar Baden a cikin Rastatt Fortress, amma an sauke shi daga wannan umurnin a cikin 1864 saboda canjin garuruwa. A 1865 Degenfeld ya ci gaba da zama colonel kuma an ba shi umurnin Leibgrenadier Regiment. A lokacin yakin Austro-Prussian, Degenfeld ya dauki tare da rundunarsa a matsayin wani ɓangare na Baden Division karkashin umurnin Prince Wilhelm a matsayin wani ɓangare na Kamfen na Main a yakin Hundheim a ranar 23 ga Yuli, 1866, yakin Werbach a ranar 24 ga Yuli, 1866 da kuma
Yaƙin Gerchsheim. A shekara ta 1868 an daukaka shi zuwa babban janar kuma kwamandan Brigade na 2 na Sojoji.