Maybe he was a crewman on the Konigsberg that fought as infantry with the schutztruppe after their ship was sunk in DOA. There were also some sailors from merchant vessels that served in the schutztruppe when they were stranded in DOA.
Mine just got to New York. We will see how long it takes the USPS to get it here. The last package I got from Europe went from New York to Arizona then finally back to New Hampshire.