The Karstwehr-Kompanie was upgraded to the Karstwehr-Bataillon on 15 November 1942.

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - Hitler's Renegades: Foreign nationals in the service of the Third Reich
Kurt Mehner - Die Waffen-SS und Polizei 1939-1945

Reference material on this unit

Rolf Michaelis - Die Chronik der 24. Waffen-Gebirgs[Karstjäger]-Division der SS
Antonio J. Munoz - Forgotten Legions: Obscure Combat Formations of the Waffen-SS