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

High Middle Ages

During the High Middle Ages, 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 Renaissance in Italy, it was used on the mechanisms in the many Assassin 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, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, and Ratonhnhaké:ton. Certain modern-day Assassins also wore the insignia in the form of a tattoo, such as Daniel Cross and Desmond Miles.

Trivia

• In the Sanctuary, all of the statues had different variants of the Assassin insignia on their waists.
• In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Desmond searched for Assassin insignias painted onto the walls, in order to guide him to the Colosseum Vault.
• The cape worn during the Carnevale in Assassin's Creed II bore the Assassin insignia.
• The insignia bore some resemblance to the symbol of the Freemasons, which was the square and compasses.
• Both the original insignia and the Russian variation were 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 could be seen on the back of the Seusenhofer Armor and the Armor of Brutus.
• The coin on the Mongolian Assassin insignia resembled one from the Qing Dynasty of China, which happened much later than the period which the insignia originated from.

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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  Roman Assassins
  Renaissance
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  Turkish Assassins
  Ottoman Empire
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  Chinese Assassins
  Ming Dynasty
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  American Assassins
  American Revolution
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  Russian Assassins
  Russian Revolution
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  A tattoo of an unknown insignia.