The Charles Wilcox Papers belong to the Keene, New Hampshire resident who was a Union soldier during the Civil War and was captured and imprisoned in Confederate internment camps as well as prisons from 1864-1865. These papers include Wilcox’s diary, correspondence, and official documents. The papers are part of the archival holdings of the Historical Society of Cheshire County in Keene, New Hampshire, and were included as part of the NH Citizens Archivists' Initiative.
A document from the Bezirkshauptmannschaft Leopoldstadt (District Authority) 31st December 1938 for Emmanuel Plechner. Written in the margins above the name Ing. Bernhard Rhein is written: "SS oficiere".
Militärdienstbestätigung (Certificate of Military Service) 13th June 1938
Mr. Plechner was awarded the Silver Medal of Bravery II class, one of the highest awards an NCO or lower rank could win in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
He was also awarded the Verwundeten Medaille mit einem Mittelstreifen or Wound Badge with center stripe, was also known as Verwundeten Medaille für Invaliden. Wound badge for those made invalid by their war wounds. Considering Mr. Plechner’s paperwork for pension in the Invalidenbund, it seems he was injured in some permanent way during his service for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or during his captivity in Russia.
