Otto Skorzeny
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Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny was an Austrian-born German intelligence officer and commando who served as an SS-Obersturmbannführer within the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. Over the course of th
Skorzeny in 1943
Skorzeny as commander of the Waffen SS Sonderverband z.b.V. Friedenthal special forces unit, 1943
Skorzeny (centre, binoculars hanging from neck) with the liberated Mussolini – 12 September 1943
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch used to rescue Mussolini
Dueling scar
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Dueling scars have been seen as a "badge of honour" since as early as 1825. Known variously as "Mensur scars", "the bragging scar", "smite", "Schmitte", or "Renommierschmiss", dueling scars were popul
Otto Skorzeny
…while studying at the Technical University of Vienna. He engaged in fifteen personal combats. The tenth resulted in a wound that left a dramatic duelling scar, known in academic fencing as a Schmiss (German for "smite" or "hit"), on his cheek. In May 1932, Skorzeny joined the Austrian Nazi organization and…
Aenne and Franz Burda, 9 July 1931. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, dueling scars were seen as a badge of honor in Germany and Austria, making their owners "good husband material".
Attorney Curt Silberman showing an old dueling scar on his jaw (1967)
Rudolf Diels, co-founder and head of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934