A Kurland Campaign Cufftitle Auction marked L/11 on reverse bottom

marked L/11 on reverse bottom arm

On the same day as his promotion to Hauptmann

the moving front caused by the German Spring Offensive made the task of locating targets difficult in the extreme but the tide of war changed

and WWI Victory Medal

the Canadian Scouts gained a reputation as a group of hard-riding

A Kurland Campaign Cufftitle Auction marked L/11 on reverse bottomMachine woven silvery grey cotton construction cufftitle, centering Kurland, in machine woven script; flanked by the shield of the Grand Masters of the Order of the Teutonic Knights on the left side, and on the right, by a stylized profile of an elk, symbolic of Kurland Region; cufftitle measures approximately 17. 8cm and is 37mm (1 ) tall; it exhibits moderate worn condition, slightly soiled, in very good to fine condition.