Original German WWII ID dogtag - 4.Br.Baukp.655 (Battle of Stalingrad)

Description

This dogtag was found in
Stalingrad.
4.Br.Baukp.655
stands for
4. Bruken-Bau-Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 655
(
4th Bridge Construction Company of the 655th Engineer Battalion
).
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/PionierBat/PiBat655.htm
Pionier-Bataillon 655
was set up on January 25, 1940 in Pirna (
Wehrkreis IV
). It was formed from the elements of the
Infanterie-Regiment 304
,
Infantrie-Regiment 394
and
Pionier-Bataillon 209
but was not assigned to a specific division. In 1940-1941 the battalion was used in combat in the west, particulary in France.
From 1941, it operated on the Eastern Front. In 1942 it was assigned to the 9th Army of the Army Group Centre and in 1944 it was assigned to the Army Group North.