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USVA headstone emblem 64. The "Maltese Cross" was used by ancient Celts on grave slabs in Spain as early as A.D. 510. [15] The Huguenot cross, a symbol of French Protestants, is an eight-pointed cross with a dove. The United Protestant Church of France used an emblem that combined a stylized Latin cross and a Maltese cross.
However, Malta had three colonial badges between 1875 and 1964. The first (1875 – c. 1898) showed a white Maltese cross on a white and red panel, the second (c. 1898 – 1943) showed a white and red shield (like the arms of Mdina), and the third (1943–1964) was like the 1898 arms, but with a George Cross on a blue canton on the white half ...
Each corner of the red square shall contain a white Maltese Cross. Ratio: 1:1. c.1973—Present: Commander of the Armed Forces' Pennant: A red triangular pennant with golden emblem of the Armed Forces. The emblem is a mason tower of de Redin, which represents fortification and Malta defences back to the time of the knights of St. John.
The white and red standard was reportedly used by Maltese insurgents during a rebellion against French occupation in September 1798. [10] The flag of the Knights of Malta, a white cross on a red field, [11] was a more likely source of the Maltese colours, inspiring the red and white shield used during the British colonial period. [8]
A red field with the white Latin cross extending to the edges of the flag: Flag of the Order's Works: Design: A red field with a white Maltese cross in the center: Grand Master's flag: Design: Red with a white Maltese cross surrounded by the collar of the order and surmounted by a crown
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The National Flag of Malta is defined in the Constitution and consists of two equal vertical stripes, white in the hoist and red in the fly, with a representation of the George Cross, edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe; the breadth of the flag is one and a half times its height. It was adopted when Malta became independent from ...