Teutonic Knights Gallery
Illustrations, Drawings, Woodcuts
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Originally based in Acre, the Teutonic Knights was a crusading order of knights created in in 1190 for the purpose of give medical aid to pilgrims to the holy places. Although they did not originally have a military mission, the need for more combattants against the Muslims forced them to re-organize along military lines in 1198 and adopt the title Ritter, or Knight. They wore a white uniform with a black cross.
| Illustrations, Drawings, Woodcuts of the Crusades: Teutonic Knights | |
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| Grand Master of the Teutonic Order | Marienburg, Prussia 1 |
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| Marienburg, Prussia 2 | |
