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The Esford Armoury ‘Knights Templar’ Range
Tags: armoury, Arms, Brisbane, chain mail, chainmail, cloak, Crusades, dagger, Esford Armoury, Holy Land, hood, knights, Knights Templar, mail coat, medieval clothing, Military Order, Order of the Temple, Qld, Queensland, re-enactment society, red cross, shield, Soldiers of Christ, surcoat, sword, war, warfare, weapons
"Should the Warrior of Today Wear Armor?"
One-Man Tank: “Medieval Knightâ€
A Viking's Sword
The Mace of Parliament
Tags: authority, black rod, British Empire, ceremony, cross, crown, custom, decoration, emblem, harp, House of Commons, House of Lords, John Beckett (1984-1964), king, Legislative Assembly, Long Parliament (1653), mace, medieval customs, medieval tradition, Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), orb, ornamentation, parliament, parliamentary officials, parliamentary personnel, politician, ritual, rose, royal bodyguard, sergeant, serjeant-at-arms, Speaker, symbol, symbol of office, thistle, tradition, Usher of the Black Rod, Victoria, Victorian House of Parliament, waratah, warfare, weapon, weaponry, weapons
One-Man Tank, ‘Medieval Knight’
Royal Engineer, Maj. Martel, invented a one-man tank that replicates the medieval knight in armour, with the addition of ‘caterpillar track legs’ and a ‘petrol engined heart’. The contraption is fashioned from car parts…