Knight of Malta Information

WOW! =D

Nice work Phil!

I'm gobsmacked at the time & effort that must've into that lot.

Bravo, thanks for the digging -

Troy

 

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General Alfred Von Schlieffen a KNIGHT OF MALTA?

I always believed he is a KNIGHT OF MALTA because of the dress he is wearing and note how the German Iron Cross is very Saturnalian and I would call the Schlieffen Plan 'ENGINEERED' as well to destroy France just because it tried to become a republic

 

-Alex

 

 

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Its not just Graf Von Schlieffen who is a SMOM during that time,Karl Von Bulow as well?



Max Von Gallwitz?



Hans Hartwig Von Beseler?



August Von Mackensen?



Erich Ludendorff and who do we see with him in 1923 in the failed Beer Putsch

 

-Alex

 

 

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You are looking at persons decorated with medals of the Prussian Knighthood:

http://www.bluemerit.com/html/merit_badges_11.html

Papal knighthood medals are the more familiar (SMOM):

http://www.bluemerit.com/html/merit_badges_10.html

The graphical difference between the two medals can be detected between the arms of the 8-pointed star, and the SMOM medal has a (Papal) crown above the star.

The semantical difference I think is the difference between the Protestant version of the Order of St John and the Catholic one which would be SMOM of course.

Here are more medals of this Protestant "Johanniter" Order:

http://images.google.com/images?q=johannit...m=1&sa=N&tab=wi

 

-Ephilution