 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Otto akanyoresa muna January 1869 muRegiment Prussian Grenadiers paAltona. Gore rakatevera racho akapinda muHondo yeFrance nePrussian, achibatanidza mauto ePrussian aiita mishandirapamwe muFrance gore iroro. Pana 16 August akanga aripo nehurumende yake paHondo yeMars-la-Tour, kurwisana kwechisimba uko chikamu cheuto rePrussian chakabudirira kubata Hondo yeFrance yeRhine iyo yakanga ichiedza kusvika kuVerdun, asi pamutengo wevakawanda vakakuvara. Muhondo iyi yeropa, Otto akakuvadzwa, nepo mukuru wake, mukuru mukuru ainzi von Schöning, akaurayiwa. Nokuda kwokuzvibata kwake kwokushinga muhondo, Otto akasimudzirwa kuva mutakuri wemureza uye ipapo, muna September, kuva mutevedzeri wechipiri, achigamuchirawo Iron Cross Second Class. Gare gare akagamuchirawo a hrefWar20Commemorative20Medal20of20187071War Commemorative Medal ya187071a. 