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By a result of Baer, the two-sided ideals in the ring of linear transformations of an infinite vector space can be characterized by a single cardinal invariant. The authors seek similar results for modules over discrete valuation rings. Recall that an endomorphism is called direct if both the kernel and the image are direct summands. For a free module \(A\) over a discrete valuation ring, Theorem 3.3 states that if an ideal \(I\) of \(\text{End}(A)\) contains a direct endomorphism of rank \(\kappa\), then \(I\) contains all endomorphisms of rank less than or equal to \(\kappa\). As a Corollary they obtain Baer's result for vector spaces. An endomorphism of a module \(A\) is called pure if its image is a pure subgroup of \(A\). In the last section the authors study complete modules over a complete discrete valuation ring. It is shown that if \(I\) is an ideal of the endomorphism ring of such a module \(A\), which contains a pure endomorphism \(\sigma\) of rank \(\kappa\), then \(I\) contains all endomorphisms with rank \(\leq\kappa\). Finally, Theorem 4.4 provides a characterization of the ideals in this setting modulo the Jacobson radical.