German student with dueling scars. Also called “bragging scars,” dueling scars were popular among upper class German fencing students. They were seen as a “badge of honor” and sometimes even irritated to make them more extreme in appearance.
Many Wehrmacht and SS men had dueling scars.
SS-Obergruppenführer Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903-1946)
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