Weimar History - Behind Body Number Ten - Part 6

Every academic Mensur had form and method. There were the duellists, their seconds, armed with sabres ready to knock the fighters’ weapons aside once honour was satisfied, and the doctor: the Paukarzt. The fencing doctor, whose job began when the fencing stopped. The cuts landed on the face, deliberately, and a man was expected to be stitched as he had been cut, without flinching, because the wound was a badge of honour, not a misfortune. #history, #Mensur, #duelling, #Germany, #1920s, #Weimar, #fencing, #socialhistory, #historicalfiction, #histfic, #historicalmystery, #bookstagram, #KindleUnlimited, #jasoncollings, #alaricvontrelowmysteries