Question about Matt Weiss

[kasle]

Interesting EK2 + SWB document set to one soldier. Mainly wound badge document looks interesting to my untrained eyes. Is it normal to see "silver" grade of wound badge officialy described in award document as "mattweiss"?

 

 

[HeikoGrusdat]

yes you can often find the word "mattweiß" in award documents....but....not so often you find the dates and places of the wounds on the docs , that`s always very interesting

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

 

agreed, I have many wound docs, but only have 2 docs with dates. Mattweiss was the official term at the time I think. I do not have a doc with "silver"

[kasle]

Thank you for responses.

Yes, dates are interesting as well, mainly the fact that he fought on Western and Eastern front as well (Lipica Dolna is in present western Ukraine). I just thought dates are more common to see as there is preprint column for these.

[HeikoGrusdat]

1 hour ago, kasle said:

I just thought dates are more common to see as there is preprint column for these.

but only in maybe 1 or 2 from 100 wound badge documents

[kasle]

Great to know that, thanks.

[ixhs]

The regulations said:

-schwarz - black

-mattweiß -  white

-gelb - yellow

not silver or gold

[turtle]

First time I see a WWI Wound Badge document listing the dates & places of the wounds, very nice!

[Chris Boonzaier]

These can sometimes be confusing as the unit at the time of the wound is not specified. I have one to a guy in the 16th Bavarian reserve Inf Regiment, wounded at Douaumont (Verdun) in 1916. The Regiment was nowhere near Verdun during the war. Only when i got is records did I see he had transfered to the regiment long after the wound, but the document was issued much later by the 16th.