Designed by Hugo Boss?
Either way there is a paramilitary feel to it.
Training for what?
Sounds like what you get when you take away a kids action mean.
Pause the video at 4:38s - now, I'm no flag expert, and you can't see all of it, but I've just had a good google and I can't find any flags with black and white stripes, and an iron cross, that aren't related to the 3rd Reich. I could be wrong.
Nice military ranks combined with that flag.
The cross and flag is based on the Knights Templar. The Crusades - against the Muslims, get it?
The cross is the cross pattée. Again associated with the crusades.
Cross pattée - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Essentially you can be part of the Knights Templar defending Christianity against Muslims like the crusaders did centuries ago rather than being just a shaven headed, tracksuit wearing doley.
Aah, yes a more likely interpretation! But you can see where I was coming from:
black and white flag iron cross - Google Search
The flag can be found here:
Product Categories Flags Archive | Knights Templar International Store
I know my history isn't my strong point, but didn't the KTs mostly ponce about in Europe kicking butt?Or was that an "active defence", taking the battle to the baddies before they could bring it to the homeland?
They were around for a few centuries so you can pick whatever you like on that. They were big in Malta along with the Knights Hospitaller, I was in Maltaa holiday two years ago and there was loads of stuff dedicated to them.