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Standard form of the cross pattée or Pate. A cross pattée, cross patty or Pate, or cross paty, also known as a cross formy or cross formée (French: croix pattée, German: Tatzenkreuz) or Templar cross, is a type of Christian cross with arms that are narrow at the centre, and often flared in a curve or straight line shape, to be broader at the perimeter.
A cross pattée fitchée is a cross pattée with a sharp point added to the lower limb, as if for use in staking into the ground Cross fleury fitchy ( Cross of Saint James ) A special form of the cross flory fitchy is used by the order of Santiago .
A cross pattée Downpatrick road sign showing the cross pattée, October 2009. Some of the Order of St Patrick's symbols were borrowed from the pre-existing Friendly Brothers of St Patrick, including the motto Quis separabit?; [4] however, the "Saint Patrick's Cross" used in the Friendly Brothers' badge was not a saltire. [6]
The official symbol of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity is the cross pattée, though the organization's founder thought it was a Maltese cross when the organization was formed in 1865. The Nestorian cross also is very similar to both of these. The Unicode Character “ ” (U+2720) is called a Maltese Cross, but is in fact a cross pattée.
Admiral Rolf Carls wearing the 1st Class cross below the Iron Cross 1st Class. In all its versions, the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross was a bronze gilt cross pattée in design, similar to the Iron Cross but with slightly narrower arms. The obverse bore a crown on the upper arm, the initials of Friedrich Franz in the center, and the ...
Bolnisi cross Bolnisi inscriptions are second oldest extant samples of the Georgian script.The "Bolnisi cross" appears in the center of the inscriptions. The Bolnisi cross (Georgian: ბოლნური ჯვარი bolnuri ǰvari) is a cross symbol, taken from a 5th-century ornament at the Bolnisi Sioni church, which came to be used as a national symbol of Georgia.
The Hanseatic Cross came in only one class, a cross worn from a ribbon on the left chest. The cross was a red-enameled silver cross pattée which bore the arms of the relevant city-state on the center medallion. The reverse was identical for all three versions and the center medallion bore the phrase "Für Verdienst im Kriege" ("for merit in ...
The Nkwe ya Selefera - Silver Leopard is a five-armed cross pattée, struck in silver, with a diameter of 38 millimetres. The arms of the cross are bordered and the extremities embowed, with each pair of arms of the cross separated by three short rays.