Chevalière pour homme et femme avec une croix de Malte. Une cire de style chevalière sculptée et coulée en argent massif. La croix de Malte est une croix portugaise utilisée par les chevaliers de Malte.
L’origine de la croix de Malte :
Lorsqu’un groupe de courageux croisés connus sous le nom de Chevaliers de Saint-Jean, combattit les Sarrasins pour la possession de la terre sainte, ils rencontrèrent une nouvelle arme inconnue des guerriers européens. C’était un engin de guerre simple, mais horrible ; it has brought excruciating pain and gruesome death to the brave fighters of the cross. The Saracen’s weapon was fire.
As the crusaders advanced on the city walls, they were struck with glass bombs containing naphtha. When they became saturated with the highly flammable liquid, the Saracens hurled a flaming torch into their midst. Hundreds of knights were burned alive; others risked their lives to save their brethren from a painful death.
Thus, these men became our first firefighters and the first in a long list of courageous firefighters. Their heroic efforts were recognized by other crusaders who awarded each hero a badge of honor, a cross similar to the ones firefighters wear today. Since the Knights of St. John lived for nearly four centuries on a small Mediterranean island called Malta, the cross became known as the Maltese Cross.
The Maltese Cross is your symbol of protection. It means that the firefighter who wears this cross is willing to lay down his life for you just as the crusaders sacrificed their lives for their fellow man so many years ago. The Maltese Cross is the firefighter’s badge of honor, signifying that he or she works in courage, a ladder rung away from death.
- Réf : 612140978-ET
- Matière : Argent
- Genre : Homme, femme
- Pierre : Sans
- Poids : 4,9 gr
- Couleur : Argent
- Taille : 44 à 72 mm
- Livraison OFFERTE
