Germany, Ss. An Osttürkischer Waffen-Verband Der Ss Collar Tab Auction stating that he had five

stating that he had five years' previous service but it doesn't indicate as to which unit (although it is likely that it was the 4th Infantry Battalion)

"IMPERIAL ARMY AND NAVY VETERANS" clasp on the ribbon

Overall this is a well preserved example of a Latvian Government Official’s Dagger

soldiers must have served for at least 2 months of continuous service in the Kuban region

Footnote:Ferdinand Forstenpointner was born in 1913 in Moosdorf in the district of Braunau am Inn (AH's birthplace)

Germany, Ss. An Osttürkischer Waffen-Verband Der Ss Collar Tab Auction stating that he had five(Osttrkischer Waffen Verband der SS Kragenspiegel). Contructed of smooth black wool with a buckram core, obverse depicting machine woven silver grey threaded wolfs head, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 65 mm (l), in unissued and near mint condition.