 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa muMunich, Bavaria, baba vake, Eduard, vaiva mupendi wemamiriro okunze; sekanga kuri sekuru vake. Mhuri yake yakakurumidza kutamira kuguta reBad Tölz. Pashure pokunge apedza chikoro Schleich akasarudza kunyoresa muBavarian Armys cadet program uye muna 1909 akapiwa basa mu11th Bavarian Infantry Regiment. Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga, Schleich akarwara uye akabva abviswa pabasa. Akazvipira zvakare uye musi wa 25 August 1914 akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa muHondo yeLorraine. 