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English: A heraldic Maltese cross with white background. Converted from the following PostScript code: %! /l{lineto}def 20 420 moveto 290 310 l 180 580 l 300 500 l 420 580 l 310 310 l 580 420 l 500 300 l 580 180 l 310 290 l 420 20 l 300 100 l 180 20 l 290 290 l 20 180 l 100 300 l closepath fill showpage %EOF
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on arz.wikipedia.org مفتاح الحياه; الصليب; اللبرومه; قالب:صليب مسيحى
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 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".
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 .
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
Heraldry originated in the form known today in the second quarter of the 12th century as a means of identification on the battlefield [citation needed].. This concept was first used in Malta with the granting of the title of 'Baron of Fiddien' to the Santa Sofia family in 1287, marking the ascendancy of the first noble families in the country, which characterised the 13th century [citation ...
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 ...