diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/document/DocumentMetadataDrawer.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/document/DocumentMetadataDrawer.svelte
index 4b8081e9..19505265 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/document/DocumentMetadataDrawer.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/document/DocumentMetadataDrawer.svelte
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function getFullName(person: Person): string {
 				<div>
 					<dt class="font-sans text-xs font-medium text-ink-3">{m.doc_details_field_date()}</dt>
 					<dd class="text-ink">
-						{#if documentDate || metaDateRaw}
+						{#if documentDate}
 							<DocumentDate
 								iso={documentDate}
 								precision={metaDatePrecision}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/document/DocumentMetadataDrawer.svelte.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/document/DocumentMetadataDrawer.svelte.test.ts
index 8077f9b3..f438f947 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/document/DocumentMetadataDrawer.svelte.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/document/DocumentMetadataDrawer.svelte.test.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ describe('DocumentMetadataDrawer', () => {
 		expect(dashTexts.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 	});
 
+	it('shows an em-dash and never the raw cell for an undated, raw-only document', async () => {
+		render(DocumentMetadataDrawer, {
+			props: { ...baseProps, documentDate: null, metaDateRaw: 'Sommer 1916' }
+		});
+
+		await expect.element(page.getByText('Sommer 1916')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+		const dashTexts = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('dd, p'))
+			.map((el) => el.textContent?.trim())
+			.filter((t) => t === '—');
+		expect(dashTexts.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+	});
+
 	it('renders the no-persons placeholder when sender and receivers are empty', async () => {
 		render(DocumentMetadataDrawer, { props: baseProps });