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[[File:Anna Lemminger and Franz Burda.jpg|thumb|[[Aenne Burda|Aenne]] & [[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"]]
'''Dueling scars''' ({{lang-de|link=no|Schmisse}}) have been seen as a "'''badge of honour'''" since as early as 1825. Known variously as "'''{{lang|de|[[Mensur]]}}''' scars", "'''the bragging scar'''", "'''smite'''", "'''{{lang|de|Schmitte}}'''" or "{{lang|de|Renommierschmiss}}", dueling scars were popular amongst upper-class Austrians and [[Germany|Germans]] involved in [[academic fencing]] at the start of the 20th century. Being a practice amongst University students, it was seen as a mark of their class and honour, due to the status of dueling societies at German and Austrian universities at the time, and is an early example of [[scarification]] in European society.<ref name="DeMello p 237">DeMello, Margo (2007). ''Encyclopedia of body adornment'' Greenwood Publishing Group. [https://books.google.cl/books?id=s0122BsqrZwC&pg=PA237 p. 237]. {{ISBN|978-0-313-33695-9}}.</ref> The practice of [[duel]]ing and the associated scars was also present to some extent in the [[Military of Germany|German military]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keener |first=Candace |date=4 May 2009 |title=Real Men Have Dueling Scars |url=http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/05/04/real-men-have-dueling-scars/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729063707/http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/05/04/real-men-have-dueling-scars/ |archive-date=29 July 2010 |publisher=HowStuffWorks}}</ref>
Foreign tourists visiting Germany in the late 19th century were shocked to see the students, generally with their {{lang|de|Studentcorps}}, at major German universities such as [[University of Heidelberg|Heidelberg]], [[University of Bonn|Bonn]], or [[University of Jena|Jena]] with facial scars – some older, some more recent, and some still wrapped in bandages.<ref>"Where students fight. Scarred Faces are common sights at Heidelburg." ''Daily Bulletin Supplement''. San Francisco. 12 July 1890.</ref>
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