Award Winners

Unteroffizier Markus Ehemann (Marc Benedict)

Iron Cross Second Class:

For conducting a successful trench-raid and single handedly

 causing massive enemy casualties without being detected.

Verwundeten-Abzeichen 3e Klasse for one wound:

In a daylight storm on Root Hog Hill in 1979, Benedict, as a member of the assaulting wave smashed into a fully manned frontline of French and Americans.  In a melee of hand-to-hand combat, his right palm was sliced diagnally by a bayonet or knife.  Only after the position was secured did a prisoner call his attention to the wound.  He remarked of the dramatic effect of the blood splashing on Benedicts boot toe.

Schützenschnur

For the score of 80 points on marksmanship test.

Musketier Franz Rentschler

Iron Cross Second Class: November 6 1917

For leading a successful trench raid and the capture of:

The American Red Cross

An Ambulance

Destruction of two Machine gun nests

Capture of an American HQ Clerk

Capture of two American officers

Verwundeten-Abzeichen 3e Klasse for one wound: November 9 1917

While fending off an attack on IR 120s position in 2005, Musketier Rentschler was temporarily blinded in the left eye when a British Mills Bomb exploded in his face.  The ambulance was called to take him to a medical tent where the splinters were removed.  Do to the poor quality of the enemy weapon it failed to kill the Musketier.

Schützenschnur

For the Score of 90 Points on marksmanship test

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