Stadler - a Swiss soldier - was the father of their two-year-old son.
Swiss soldiers are roughly classified into two categories, elite and reserve.
The debate is over whether Swiss soldiers can be armed while serving on peacekeeping missions abroad.
The Swiss soldiers were recognized among the other armies present on the field by their distinctive yellow beret.
Swiss soldiers continued to serve as mercenaries with many nations from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.
By 1740 more than 12,000 Swiss soldiers were in French service.
A total of 31 Swiss soldiers were sent to Afghanistan since the beginning of their country's participation in 2003.
Favre's mother was the daughter of a Swiss soldier.
The story goes that news had come that a Swiss soldier was lost in the mountains.
His sword's name also refers to the short swords used by medieval Swiss soldiers.
