The Jerusalem Cross is far more than a Crusader emblem — it packed five distinct layers of theological and political meaning into five crosses, and soldiers had it permanently inked on their wrists as proof of faith in case they died anonymously on a foreign battlefield. The post Crusaders Tattooed the Jerusalem Cross on Their Wrists to Earn a Proper Burial appeared first on History Collection.
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