Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Noema 1943 i riro ia hei rangatira mo te 2nd Mountain Division. I mahi tēnei i te Arctic me
Ko nga rohe o te Hauauru, i whara kino ai a Degen, i te reti mai i te wehenga i te Hui-tanguru 1945. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1945 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Cross Knight o te Iron Cross mo tana whakahau i te wehenga.