Jack (Malta)

Last modified: 2005-04-09 by santiago dotor
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by Željko Heimer, George Cross by António Martins

• Description

See also:

• Ensigns and Jack (Malta)
• Malta
• The Maltese Cross

Other sites:

• A History of the Maltese Cross, as used by the Order of St John of Jerusalem by Dr. Michael Foster

Description

From the Maltese Government Official Website:

Maltese military vessels may fly a jack which shall be a square flag, consisting of a George Cross proper fimbriated in red in the centre of a white square, within a red square. Each corner of the red square shall contain a white Maltese Cross.

Strickland 1992 [str92] shows the George Cross in the jack with the inscription (For Gallantry) and the figure of St. George at the center, and that indeed is what I think I saw [in November 2000].

Norman Martin, 28 November 2000

Strangely enough, the above mentioned Maltese Government Official Website does show what appear to be the said inscription and figure on the George Cross appearing on the national flag but not on those appearing either on the jack or on the air force