Teutonic Knight Figurine

Founded in 1128 in Jerusalem, the Teutonic Order is the third great order of religious and military chivalry to emerge from the Crusades. The first knights of this order were called Brothers of St. Mary and their primary vocation was the relief of sick or wounded Crusaders, before being reorganized in 1190 as a military order. This revival subjected the knights to both the rule of the Hospitallers and that of the Templars.