Teutonic Knight
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Dueling scar - Wikipedia
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100 years ago in Central Europe, this was seen as a sign bravery and courage.
As the scars were gained in this particular elite social context, associated with status and an academic institution, the scars showed that one had courage and also was "good husband material". The duelling scars, while obvious, were not so serious as to leave a person disfigured or bereft of facial features. The scars were even judged by Otto von Bismarck to be a sign of bravery, and men's courage could be judged "by the number of scars on their cheeks".
A lot of Nazis had these scars too like Otto Skorzeny.
Some other cool examples:
They would get these scars by participating in particular fencing duels called mensur where the purpose was not to win but to get a scar and scar your opponent as well while wearing a mask to protect the eyes:
Academic fencing - Wikipedia
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Here is video film of mensur fencing from Germany:
I'm seriously thinking about mensurmaxxing and fencingduelmaxxing. It looks cool and manly. I always wanted to have a huge scar all over my face.