Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)

Unit:

Commander II./Grenadier-Regiment 418

Awarded on:

January 7th, 1943

During the late summer of 1942 Hauptmann Weiß and his Bataillon were assigned to defend a strategically important sector of railroad. On the 25.09.1942 he threw back far numerically superior Soviet forces in a bold counterthrust that he launched with two Zügen from his unit. In the process he was wounded through a shot through the left shoulder. For his successful and courageous actions on this day he would later be awarded the Knight’s Cross.