As Junker who participated in the Serbo-Bulgarian War who commands the 3rd company of the Fifth Danube Infantry Regiment and participated in military operations in Battle of Slivnitsa, Tsaribrod (November 11 to 12) and Pirot (November 14–15). Manifested in battle near the village of Aldomirovtsi. For honors in the war on December 3, 1885, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and awarded the Military Order "For Courage", IV degree.