5. THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA

There is another powerful and distinctive geometric shape that can be found hidden in the mesh of the One Dollar Bill. If you look at the top left hand corner at the pattern behind the letters "One" and the large numeral you can see the shape of a Maltese Cross. This is the symbol of the Knights of Malta otherwise known as the Knights Hospitallars. Their full name was (is) The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. It is worth noting that when the Knights Templar were betrayed and their order dissolved in 1312 much of their wealth found its way to the Knights of Malta. It is very worth noting that the Order's Island fortress and home of Malta was captured by Napoleon in 1798 and many of the Hospitallar financiers fled to the newly independent country of America.

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The outline of the Maltese Cross

The outline of the maltese Cross rotated. Note the line up with the V & H axis

The Traditional blood-red Maltese Cross