"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ...
"dave999" wrote in message
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Where did the German soldier (officer?) stereotypes of the monocle
and the dueling scar come from? Was there one guy in WW I or
WW II who had them?

The duelling scar was a traditional mark of the Prussian officer
but the credit for the image of monocle and duelling star probably
belongs to the German born actor and director Eric Von Stroheim
who played the part of the villianous hun many times between
the 20's and the 50's. He was one of the fe to make the transition
from silent movies to sound.

Keith

True enough, but German dueling continues on today. It's called Mensur
dueling. More info:

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/academic...m96/sword.html

Rob