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The Swiss cross is defined as "a white, upright, free-standing cross depicted against a red background, whose arms, which are all of equal size, are one-sixth longer than they are wide." [7] Swiss Standard German consistently uses Fahne (cognate with vane) rather than the term Flagge used for national flags in Germany.
The flag of England is the national flag of England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is derived from Saint George's Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules). The association of the red cross as an emblem of England can be traced back to the Late Middle Ages when it was gradually, increasingly, used alongside the Royal Banner.
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals , coats of arms , and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields.
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games have showcased quite a bit of the red, white and blue colors that many of the national flags have.
The continued use of the white giglio on a red field by the exiled Ghibellines led to the Guelphs inverting the colours of the city, creating a flag bearing a red giglio on a white background. [4] The symbol was then used extensively in the city, being adorned on multiple public buildings whilst the flag was flown atop many others.
A red triangular field with a white cross off-centered towards the hoist. [17] 1475-1798: 2nd flag of The Old Swiss Confederacy: A square flag with a white cross in the centre and background in red. [18] [19] 1628–1798: Flag of The Republic of the Seven Tithings: A square field with 2 horizontal stripes of red and white and 7 6-pointed stars ...
The Genoese flag with the red cross was used alongside this "George's flag", from at least 1218, and was known as the insignia cruxata comunis Janue ("cross ensign of the commune of Janua"). The flag showing the saint himself was the city's principal war flag, but the flag showing the plain cross was used alongside it in the 1240s.
Whether actual flowers are plucked for the occasion or a fabric or crepe paper version is used, the meaning of the red poppy remains clear: It symbolizes the memory of fallen soldiers.