Quote Originally Posted by Stroker View Post
Thanks! It's a sterling silver spoon that I found in an Antique shop. The designs on it interested me because of the cross of Constantine and the Maltese crosses around the bars of the cross. Being a Knight Templar this is indicative of one of my three chivalric orders, a Knight of Malta. The designs on the handle appears to be a forget-me-knot flowers duplicated in small scale down the handle. These flowers were used as a secret coded recognition of Freemasons during the WWII period in Europe. There is a stamp on the back of the cross of Constantine that says "Israel"; another of the Templar chivalric orders; Knight of the Red Cross of the Temple of Jerusalem. With all the designs presented on this piece, I surmise this was probably made during the WWII period in Europe by a Freemason probably a Knights Templar. Of course this is just my wild guess but at any rate, I thought it looked cool and I related to it.
That's interesting, Bruce!

I wasn't aware that there are present day Knights Templar. I was under the impression that they were wiped out in the Middle Ages..

I'll have to bone up on the subject!