Temple Accoutrements Symbology
After being declared a Master of the Temple, a Templar is taught furthersecret symbolism regarding his/her weapons & equipment.
Sword, lance, rounded kite-shaped shield, mace, dagger, spear, spurs, baldric
A Templar’s main weapon was a large straight double sided sword (a completely different design to the Turkish blade which was a slightly curved, flexible scimitar). His secondary weapon was a Turkish mace, principally a stick with a heavy spiked ball on the end. He also carried a long dagger about his belt and also two smaller knives. –http://www.angelfire.com/mt/frerehelmut/structure.html
And then there were the banners: What the masons call the Grand Standard,the banner of our SMONKT order in this case
The red Maltese cross symbol
and of course the Beausant
The Templar Seals & Symbols, 2-men-to-a-horse, various seals of Grandmasters.Read these articles, theKnights TemplarSeal and the Seal ofthe Knights Templar by Stephen Dafoe
Also view the many seals here. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:PD_Seals
Read theSkull& Crossbones &Historyof the Jolly Roger
