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The royal warrant which created the Victoria Cross prescribed a Maltese cross, but the medal has always in fact been a cross pattée. 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 following other wikis use this file: Usage on arz.wikipedia.org مفتاح الحياه; الصليب; اللبرومه; قالب:صليب مسيحى
This image is a derivative work of the following images: Cross of the Knights Hospitaller.png licensed with PD-self . 2009-02-13T15:07:10Z S@bre 600x600 (13654 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|1=A white Malta cross on a black background, one of the insignias attributed to the [[w:Knights Hospitaller|Knights Hospitaller]]}} |Source=Derivative work of public domain image [[:File:Maltes
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 ...
The Police Combat Cross is the second highest departmental award of the New York City Police Department.The Police Combat Cross is awarded to police officers who, "having received Honorable Mention awards, successfully and intelligently perform an act of extraordinary heroism while engaged in personal combat with an armed adversary under circumstances of imminent personal hazard to life".
Canadian fire departments (e.g. Toronto Fire Services) that use the Leatherhead have a beaver in place of the eagle for the brass adornment. Such leather helmets, as well as modern derivatives that retain the classic shape but use lighter, more modern composite materials, remain very popular in North America and around the world in places that ...
Silene chalcedonica (syn. Lychnis chalcedonica), the Maltese-cross [2] [3] [4] or scarlet lychnis, [3] [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Eurasia. Other common names include flower of Bristol , Jerusalem cross [ 5 ] and nonesuch .
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