The “Hand-book of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar, State of New York” (1893) claimed:

“The Illustrious Order of the Red Cross is more intimately connected with the Royal Arch Degree, than with the Orders of Knighthood with which it is associated. It is said to have been founded by Darius, King of Persia…to inculcate the almighty force and the importance of Truth…. The principal apartment represents the Audience Chamber of Darius, the King…”

The handbook noted that some of the officers of this Order should wear Persian costumes while others Jewish….

There are banners too… a Banner of the Order of the Red Cross, a Jewish Banner, and a Persian Banner…the Persian banner is described as “white, per fesse, a sun radiant, in the base three crescents, one and two”…both the Jewish and the Persian Banners are used at the bridge…

In the ceremonial parts, the handbook noted that members should ask to be admitted before the “King of kings”…the handbook continued with Biblical stories and lessons from the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE)…

Very interesting, indeed…

Obviously, we’ve covered the relationship between the Achaemenid Persian kings and imperial policies on some two dozen nations under their control as well as the Jewish communities including the foundation of Judaism/Torah (recall that the Jewish Talmud was completed under Sasanian Persian Empire 224-651)… we’ve also discussed how the crescent and the star is not Islamic, but Zoroastrian Iranian… that is, native or indigenous to Iranians… we’ve discussed how the West has always referred to Iranians as the "Children of the Sun" given Iranian indigenous religious and spiritual beliefs… and of course, the title King of Kings is derived from Iranian imperial traditions…Iranians still use the title “Shahanshah” or King of Kings for their kings… and will do so once again when the Globalist Islamo-Marxist usurpers in Tehran are gone... 

[pic New London Regalia: “Persian Bridge Banner”…this banner is similar to what was drawn in the handbook of Knights Templar…for educational purposes only]