Original German WWII ID dogtag - 5./S.R.103 (14 Pz.Div.) (Battle of Stalingrad)

Description

This dogatag was found in
Stalingrad.
S.R.103
stands for
Schützen-Regiment 103
(
103rd Rifle Regiment
).
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Schutzenregimenter/SR103-R.htm
Schützen-Regiment 103
was set up on August 15, 1940 at the
Königsbrück military training area
(
Truppenübungsplatz Königsbrück
) (
Wehrkreis IV
).
The regiment was assigned to the
14th Panzer Division
.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Panzerdivisionen/14PD-R.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)
14th Panzer Division
was formed in August 1940 from units of the
4th Infantry Division
and
4th Panzer Division
.
The division took part in the
invasion of Yugoslavia
and the
Soviet Union
, eventually being destroyed in the
battle of Stalingrad
. Reformed, the 14th Panzer Division soon returned to the Eastern Front and eventually surrendered to Soviet forces in
Courland
in May 1945.