The wedding of Captain C Leven Lincoln and Miss Zimmermann . A wedding romance which began with a duel challenge in a a Carlsbad cafe will terminate tomorrow with the wedding at a London register office of Captain Charles Leven Lincoln , former English war pilot and film actor , to Miss Hilde Zimmermann , a German girl . Captain Charles Leven Lincoln and Miss Zimmermann were dancing in the Carlsbad cafe when a note was received by the lady from Count Hans Czernin , son of a former Austrian foreign minister , who was also dancing there , asking her to meet him . Captain Leven Lincoln naturally resented this and knocked the Count down , Captain Leven Lincoln challenged the Count to a duel with machine guns in aeroplanes . An action for assault followed but Captain Leven Lincoln was acquitted . Photo Shows ; Captain Charles Leven Lincoln and Miss Zimmermann photographed together in London . 30 April 1933