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		Tomte on Dec 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Air Force of the Knights Hospitaller The Johanniter are not really a branch, they are a protestant offshoot. Also, they are really young, founded in 1952. There is also the Malteser in Germany, and that's the real branch.

HarryHirsch on Dec 2, 2019 [–]

You are mixing up Johanniter-Unfallhilfe and Johanniterorden. The Catholic counterpart to the Unfallhilfe is the Malteser-Hilfsdienst, founded in 1953. The St John's branch of the Order was established 1538.

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