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The flag and coat of arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, or the Jerusalem flag, [2] display a white cross on a red field (blazon gules a cross argent), ultimately derived from the design worn by the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades. The flag represents the Sovereign Military Order of Malta as a sovereign institution.
The flag of the Knights of Malta, a white cross on a red field, [10] was a more likely source of the Maltese colours, inspiring the red and white shield used during the British colonial period. [7] The flag used by the knights was also known to be the oldest still-in-use national flag.
The only flag used in Malta in the time of the Knights consisted of a white symmetrical cross on a red field with the cross having a width of 1/5 the height of the flag – similar to the flag of England, colors reversed with a proportion of 5:3. The flag is still used by the Knights' modern successor, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, [a] and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. [4]
Undefaced white-red vertical bicolor. This was the unofficial flag of Malta until 1943. A variant flag is known to exist. 1993—2000: Mġarr (village) A blue field with a yellow cartwheel. 2000—Present: Mġarr (village) A trilithon, symbol of Skorba Temples, on wavy blue and white lines. 1993—c.2007: Mosta (town) A white flag with a red cross.
From Department of Information - Government of Malta, National Flag Graphical Specifications (Note: the diagram of page 2 is provided for reference only. It is not intended for reproduction) and File:Drapeau de Malte.jpg: Date: 5 April 2011, 16:04 (UTC) Source: Flag_of_Malta.svg; Author: Flag_of_Malta.svg: Nightstallion,Denelson83, Zscout370 ...
Although chiefly associated with the Knights Hospitaller (Order of St. John, now the Sovereign Military Order of Malta), and by extension with the island of Malta, it has come to be used by a wide array of entities since the early modern period, notably the Order of Saint Stephen, the city of Amalfi, the Polish Order of the White Eagle (1709 ...
The three Classes of the Knights of Malta - official website of the Order of Malta "Sovereign Military Order of Malta in the United Kingdom - Order pro Merito Melitensi" . "Blog containing photographs of Medals, neck crosses and sashs for Knights & Dames" (in Portuguese).