popularly used by infantrymen. While they weren’t as easy to wield as swords, the sheer length of pikes made them formidable and deadly weapons, ripe for plunging into knights attacking on horseback.

Saxony Order of Albrecht, First Class Knights Cross with Swords. A white enamelled Latin cross pattée with a green enamelled oak leaf wreath and gilt crossed swords between the arms. Obverse: A white ...

Saxe-Ernestine House Order Knights Cross First Class. A Bath cross, enamelled white, with ball end finials surmounted by a double sided crown. Silver lions passant and crossed swords are fitted ...