Assassin insignia

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The Assassin insignia of the Assassin Order, though varying slightly over different time periods and countries, held essentially the same shape and style. Each of its variations also possibly denoted the various sects of the Order.

History

Third Crusade

During the Third Crusade, the insignia was used to mark the entrances of Assassins' Bureaus, and could be seen on the banners decorating the fortress of Masyaf.

Renaissance

During the Italian Renaissance, it was used on the mechanisms in the many Assassin's Tombs, and on the banners and walls of Monteriggioni. It was also displayed on the banners hung in the Tiber Island headquarters.

In Constantinople, Assassin Dens and ziplines had a small Assassin insignia atop them, while Bomb-crafting stations were all painted with the Turkish Assassins' personal insignia.

Appearances on Assassins

Additionally, the insignia was worn openly on the armor and clothing of certain known Assassins, such as Mario Auditore, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Nikolai Orelov and Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad in his later years. Certain modern-day Assassins also wore the insignia in the form of a tattoo, such as Daniel Cross.

Trivia

• In the Sanctuary, all of the statues have different variants of the Assassin insignia on their waists.
• In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Desmond searches for Assassin insignias painted onto the walls to guide him to the Colosseum Vault.
• The cape worn during the Carnevale in Assassin's Creed II bears the Assassin insignia.
• The top of the Assassin Dens are adorned with a metal semblance of the insignia.
• The insignia bears some resemblance to the symbol of the Freemasons (the Square and Compasses).
• Both the original insignia and the Russian variation are vertically asymmetrical, unlike the Italian variation. However, the symmetry of the Italian logo may be because of the Renaissance ideals of the time, in which mathematical proportions and symmetry were standard.
• The original Assassin insignia can be seen on the back of the Seusenhofer Armor, and the Armor of Brutus.
• The Assassins insignia can also been seen on Ezio's new robes in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, on the buckle on his chest, and on the crest of his hood.

Renditions

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  Persian Assassins
  Achaemenid Dynasty
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  Babylonian Assassins
  Argead Dynasty
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  Chinese Assassins
  Qin Dynasty
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  Egyptian Assassins
  Ptolemaic Dynasty
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  Roman Assassins
  Roman era
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  Levantine Assassins
  High Middle Ages
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  Levantine Assassins (alternative)
  High Middle Ages
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  Mongolian Assassins
  High Middle Ages
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  Italian Assassins
  Renaissance
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  Italian Assassins
  Renaissance (Rome)
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  Turkish Assassins
  Ottoman Empire
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  American Assassins
  American Revolution
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  Chinese Assassins
  Ming Dynasty
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  Russian Assassins
  Russian Revolution
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