I read that the officers used to engage in duels and get crazy face scars they would make worse by stuffing with horsehair in order to create gnarly scars. What was the society for these people like? How were they inter related?
One book I would suggest is Holger H. Herwig's The German Naval Officer Corps: A Social and Political History 1890-1918. It is definitely in line with what you are looking for, including some discussion of dueling within that corps.