During the crusades of the middle ages, these knights were well recognized with their distinctive white mantles emblazoned with a red cross. Though their original purpose was to protect pilgrims from danger eventual they became defenders of the Crusader states in the Holy Land and were known as brave and highly skilled warriors.
The plate armor used for this model is associated with the knights of the European Late Middle Ages. By about 1400 AD, the full harness of plate armor had been developed which allowed heavy cavalry to dominate the battlefield for more than a century.