 Based near Hamburg, the unit developed into a refuge from service on the Eastern front for some German national team players.Unlike some other military teams, such as Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg, the side did not participate in regular German league play or take part in national championship play, but instead staged a series of exhibition matches in Germany, as well as a few in Hungary, Alsace (France), and Poland.The genesis of the team was in a challenge made by an elite Romanian army side to Graf, who managed the German military side in the country.