Tässä vielä yksi versio Maltan ristin historiasta, HotRodeista ja (helvetin) enkeleistä
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Maltan risti on tulossa taas takaisin koska se on nostalginen ja se on "Cool"
Maltan ristin 8 sakaraa symboloivat Maltan ritarien kahdeksaa kunniakäskyä:
1. Elä totuudessa
2. Ole uskollinen / elä uskossa
3. Tee parannus (synneistä)
4. Anna nöyryyslupaus
5. "Rakasta oikeellisuutta"
6. Ole armollinen
7. Ole rehellinen ja ehdoton
8. Siedä vainoja
Vuosien saatossa merkitys on hieman haalistunut, mutta Saksan rautaristit ja USA:n Maltan ristit annettiin urhoollisuudesta ja kunniakkaasta toiminnasta.
Its probably coming back because its nostalgic and people think its cool, no other reason than that. The maltese cross is waaaaay old. The Knights of Saint John are now known as the Knights of Malta and the 8 pointed cross became known as the maltese cross. The eight points stood for 8 things the knights had to obey. Live in truth; have faith; repent of sins; give proof of humility; love justice; be merciful; be sincere and whole-hearted; and endure persecution. Through the years its looked changed, but meaning was the same basically. The knights of malta were pretty set in their ways and they thought their veiws were the bottom line. The iron cross(german version) was awarded for bravery and honor same as the maltese cross to the USA.
Ameriikassa jaeltiin maltan ristejä urhoollisuudesta samaan tapaan kuin Aatulandiassa rautaristejä.
Maltan ristin ottivat käyttöönsä vietnamin veteraanit Hot Rod harrastajat ja Helvetin enkelit. Helvetin enkelit saivat alkunsa vietnamin veteraanien toimesta ja nimi tuli heidän lento-osastonsa mukaan. Maltanristi lätkäistiin Rodin kupeeseen kunnioituksesta kuolleita kohtaan ja osoittamaan elämäntapaa "tien sotureina" tai "teiden ritareina" Maltan risti on ollut ja on yhä kunnian symboli, kannettiima sitä missä tahansa. Useimmat uudet HotRod harrastajat eivätkä Bikerit todellakaan välitä historiasta, he vain haluavat "Somistuksen" ja lopulta he tulevat oppimaan...
A whole bunch of other things as well as sunken subs ect. the cross came from the early vetrans of course the first hot rodders. Just the same as the Hells Angels they started as veterans from the war, the name was their flight suadron. The maltese/iron cross was slapped on to hotrods as a tribute to the lost and a way of life as the new "road warriors" or "road knights", it was and still is a symbol for honor no matter what its carried on. Like I said, most now just use it because its nostalgic and cool, no idea why it was used back then, but most new hotrodders and bikers and customizers don't really care about history, they just want the look and eventually they will learn.
Joukko Veteraaneja , jotka yrittivät elää elämäänsä tottumallaan tavalla, maailmassa missä me elämme ja jonka puolesta he taistelivat ja kuolivat...
Armeija ei antanut heidän pitää lentokoneitaan ja komppanioitaan jos he tulivat elävinä kotiin, joten heidän tuli vaihtaa seuraavaksi parhaaseen: nopeat moottoripyörät ja autot
Just a bunch of vets trying to live the life they were used to in the life that we live that they faught and died for. The military didn't let them keep their planes or platoons if they came back so they had to swap for the next best thing, fast motorcycles and cars.
Palomiehet käyttävät Maltan ristiä koska Johanniittojen siirryttyä maltalle heidän viholliset pommittivat heitä naftalla täytetyillä pommeilla ja tämä tietysti aiheutti paljon kuolemaa ja pahoja palovammoja. Heidän taistelutoverinsa vaaransivat oman henkensä kiskomalla taistelutovereitaan tulesta -> ensimmäiset palomiehet.
- The firefighters use it because after the Knites of St. John moved to the island of Malta their enemies started launching bombs filled with naptha, this would cause firery deaths for many knites so their brothers in arms would try to rescue others by putting out or pulling them from the fire; firefighters!-
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The Maltese Cross is a symbol of protection-a badge of honor. Its story is hundreds of years old. When a courageous band of crusaders, known as the Knights of St. John, fought the Saracens for possession of the Holy Land, they encountered a new weapon unknown to European warriors. It was a simple, but horrible device of war; it wrought excruciating pain and agonizing death upon the brave fighters of the Cross. The Saracens' weapon was fire! As the Crusaders advanced on the walls of the city, they were attacked by glass bombs containing naphtha. When they became saturated with the highly flammable liquid, the Saracens hurled a flaming tree into their midst.Hundreds of Knights were burned alive. Others risked their lives to save th eir brothers in arms from dying painful deaths. Thus, these men became the first fire fighters...and the first of a long list of courageous Fire Fighters. Their heroic efforts were recognized by fellow Crusaders who awarded each hero with a badge of honor-a cross similar to the one Fire Fighters wear today.
Since the Knights of St. John lived for nearly four centuries on a little island in the Mediterranean Sea, named Malta, the Cross became known as the Maltese Cross.
The Maltese Cross is a symbol of protection. It means that the fire fighter that wears this Cross is willing to lay down his life, just as the Crusaders sacrificed their lives for their fellow men so many years ago.
The Maltese Cross is a Fire Fighter's Badge of Courage... a ladder-rung away from death.
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T. Timo K
