My favorite related fact is that dueling scars became fashionable in late nineteenth century Germany, so students would get into illegal duels to get maimed in ways they thought made them look good.
This is also the origin of the mandatory eye or cheek scar on the “evil German” character in movies.
To add to this, it wasn’t just about looking good but the fact that, in later centuries, dueling scars most often came from academic fencing. So a dueling scar meant you went to university, and therefore a higher rung of society.
Fun fact: Duelling and stuff like that was outlawed in germany around 1500. Ewiger Landfriede
My favorite related fact is that dueling scars became fashionable in late nineteenth century Germany, so students would get into illegal duels to get maimed in ways they thought made them look good.
This is also the origin of the mandatory eye or cheek scar on the “evil German” character in movies.
To add to this, it wasn’t just about looking good but the fact that, in later centuries, dueling scars most often came from academic fencing. So a dueling scar meant you went to university, and therefore a higher rung of society.
that’s crazy to think about … wtf