Third Battle of Kharkov
As the number of SS combat-formations increased, so did the number of correspondents required. In December 1943, the unit reached regimental size and received the name SS-Standarte "Kurt Eggers". The honorary title referred to Kurt Eggers, SS war correspondent and editor of the SS magazine "Das Schwarze Korps," who had been killed earlier in the year while reporting on the SS Division Wiking during the Third Battle of Kharkov.