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The Philadelphia Fire Department, among others, incorporates the Firefighter's Cross into its insignia, as does the International Association of Fire Fighters. [20] The Maltese cross should not be mistaken for the George Cross, awarded to Malta by George VI of the United Kingdom in 1942, which is depicted, since 1964, on the national flag of Malta.
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The following other wikis use this file: Usage on arz.wikipedia.org مفتاح الحياه; الصليب; اللبرومه; قالب:صليب مسيحى
Download QR code; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide File; File history ... recode Maltese Cross; less bytes: 09:36, 5 February 2006: 750 × 500 (3 KB)
Description: A form of a cross that is sometimes encountered (e.g. Image:POL Rzeszów COA.svg, File:Lungern-coat of arms.svg, File:Decorations-legion.jpg), which is intermediate between a Cross pattée and a Maltese Cross, but which is not a Maltese cross and is not really a Cross pattée according to usual English-language heraldic definitions (though it might sometimes have been considered ...
Banners of the order at the Siege of Rhodes (1480), shown as gules a cross argent, and as counter-quarterly gules a cross argent and or a cross ancrée gules (c. 1483).. The arms of the Knights Hospitaller were granted in 1130 by Pope Innocent II, for differentiation from the Templars who displayed the reversed colours.
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It bears the undifferentiated Arms of that kingdom. The Cross of Aragon surmounts the shield of Aragon. (iv) The finial of the other mace (the sinister or right as you look at the Arms) represents the Principality and Fortress of Malta, the seat of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, which defended Malta. The mural crown represents Fortress Malta.