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The flag of Malta (il-bandiera ta' Malta) is a bicolour, with white in the hoist and red in the fly. A representation of the George Cross, awarded to Malta by George VI in 1942, is carried, edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe. [1] The flag was first recognized in May of 1952. [2] It is the only national flag to feature English ...
The flag and coat of arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, or the Jerusalem flag, [2] display a white cross on a red field (blazon gules a cross argent), ultimately derived from the design worn by the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades. The flag represents the Sovereign Military Order of Malta as a sovereign institution.
The original flag of the Knights Hospitaller consisted of a white Maltese Cross on a black background, however this was never used in Malta. The only flag used in Malta in the time of the Knights consisted of a white symmetrical cross on a red field with the cross having a width of 1/5 the height of the flag – similar to the flag of England ...
A white flag with a red triangle from the bottom and a red star on top. 1993—Present: Għaxaq (village) White flag defaced by three green bars. 1993—Present: Ħamrun (town) Red flag with a white border. A variant flag is known to exist. 1993—Present: Iklin (village) Blue flag with Saint Michael holding a flaming sword and a shield with a ...
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Although chiefly associated with the Knights Hospitaller (Order of St. John, now the Sovereign Military Order of Malta), and by extension with the island of Malta, it has come to be used by a wide array of entities since the early modern period, notably the Order of Saint Stephen, the city of Amalfi, the Polish Order of the White Eagle (1709 ...
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, [a] and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. [4]
Crown Colony of Malta; Flag of Malta; Flags of Europe; France at the 1928 Summer Olympics; Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories; Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics; International vehicle registration code; List of Maltese football champions; List of Olympic champions in men's water polo