Oswald von Wolkenstein wearing Order of the Dragon chain
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A portrait of Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376 or 1377-1445; poet, composer and diplomat) from the Innsbrucker Handschrift, 1432. In the painting he is seen wearing the Order of the Dragon chain.
The Order: ...was a monarchical chivalric order for selected nobility, created in Hungary in the late Middle Ages. Founded in 1408 by Sigismund, King of Hungary (r. 1397-1437) and later Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1433-1437), the Order primarily flourished in Germany and Italy. According to a surviving copy of its statute, the Order required its initiates to defend the Cross and fight the enemies of Christianity, in particular the Ottoman Turks. - enWikipedia
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