Order of Calatrava Cufflinks

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These cufflinks represents the Order of Calatrava which was the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval. The papal bull, confirming the Order of Calatrava as a Militia was given by Pope Alexander III on September 26, 1164. Most of the political and military power of the order dissipated by the end of the 15th century, but the last dissolution of the order's property did not occur until 1838.