[1] In February 1914 Prigge retired from active duty in the Prussian Army prior to his transferral to the German Military Mission (Militärmission) to the Ottoman Empire.

After Liman von Sanders was appointed commander-in-chief of the newly created Ottoman Fifth Army in March 1915, Prigge served at its headquarters on the Gallipoli Peninsula throughout the Dardanelles campaign.

After a few months on sale in Germany, a complaint from the Ottoman General Headquarters that its content compromised military security induced the German authorities to order the book’s confiscation.

[5] Subsequently, Prigge remained with Liman von Sanders as his adjutant until 1919, apart from a tenth-month secondment to the Eastern Front in 1917.

His final theatre of operations was in Palestine, where Liman von Sanders commanded the Yıldırım Army Group (1 March-30 October 1918).

[6] Following the Armistice of Mudros, Prigge returned to Germany in early 1919 and retired from the army with the rank of Major (ret.).

He remained well connected in political-military circles and participated in diplomatic activities involving the Republic of Turkey and Balkan countries.

During World War II he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht as a reserve officer (1940–44) and exercised various administrative functions in Baden.