Knight of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, founded in 1202 by Albert I, Bishop of Riga. In ceremonial robes of helmet with plume, cape, tunic, armed with shield with crossed sword blazon and lance. Copied from an illustration by Christoph Weigel in Philipp Bonanni’s Ritter-Ordern, 1728 Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1802.

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