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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 first activities was a 21-day mission of the MY Phoenix vessel that commenced on 25 August 2014, the first rescue was a Maltese fisherman whose boat was drifting off Delimara (close to Marsaxlokk) after its engine failed. The man managed to attract the attention of the MOAS crew by waving.
Regina Egle Liotta Catrambone is an Italian philanthropist and together with her husband Christopher Paul Catrambone, the co-founder of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), a non-governmental organisation specialising in search and rescue at sea. Since MOAS's inception over 40,000 people have been rescued during MOAS’ SAR missions running ...
Malteser International is an international non-governmental aid agency for humanitarian aid of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. [1] Developed in 2005 from the foreign aid service of Malteser Germany (founded 1953), and having the status of an independent eingetragener Verein since 2013, the agency has more than 50 years of experience in humanitarian relief. [2]
The Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta is the naval component of the current Maltese military. The Maritime Squadron has responsibility for the security of Maltese territorial waters, maritime surveillance and law enforcement, as well as search and rescue. It is based at Hay Wharf (Xatt it-Tiben) in Floriana. It currently operates ...
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The Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta (Maltese: Skwadra Marittima tal-Forzi Armati ta' Malta) is the naval component of the Maltese military. The Maritime Squadron has responsibility for the security of Maltese territorial waters , maritime surveillance and law enforcement, as well as search and rescue.
Edit: I did some more research on the subject of the use of St Florian "Maltese" cross in fire departments, and found that although the firefighter cross and the Maltese cross came from the same source, the term Maltese cross came after the symbolism of the firefighter variation (giving crosses to knights who show bravery in the face of ...