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    In heraldry, Saint George's Cross (or the Cross of Saint George) is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated...
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    adorn the St. George's Cross flag in some way: pubs in particular can be seen on 23 April festooned with garlands of St. George's crosses.[citation needed]...
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    Kingdom. It is derived from Saint George's Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules). The association of the red cross as an emblem of England can be...
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    "Soldiers and volunteers are presented [to] St. George's Crosses and medals for the feats specified [in] the St. George Statute, in the same order as during...
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    sarcophagus traditionally believed to contain St. George's remains. Very little is known about George's life. It is thought that he was a Roman military...
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    position of St George as the patron saint of England has been observed since the mid-1990s. Notably, the Flag of England (the Saint George's Cross), which...
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    St George's Cross and a second St. George's Cross in the canton. By 1630 the white ensign consisted of simply a white field, with a small St George's...
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    simply rotated its St George's Cross 45 degrees. Henry Gough in 1893 doubted the antiquity of Patrick's Cross on the basis that, if a cross had been an established...
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  • Look up Saint George, St. George, or St. George's in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saint George was a soldier in the Roman army in the 3rd and 4th centuries...
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    St George's Cross subway station is a Glasgow Subway station in Glasgow, Scotland which serves the areas of Woodside and Woodlands of the city. It is...
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  • Category:Recipients of the George Cross List of George Cross recipients George Medal Cross of St. George, a Russian award St. George's cross, the flag of England...
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    Medals Under the Monarchy. Harrison & Sons., Ltd., London. 1935. "St George's Cross, 4th Class, awarded to 2nd Lt. John Mitchell 1919". Fitzwilliam Museum...
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    grade to lowest grade: Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Knight Commander or Dame...
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    Aia. Johnson also supplied the Saint George's sword name: "Ascalon". The story of St. George, as the Red Cross Knight and the patron saint of England...
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    St. George's Cross, are not always displayed on the flag, but the pine almost always is. There is a blue ensign and a red ensign variant. In each, St...
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    St George's Cross is a road junction in the Woodside area of Glasgow, Scotland. Previously a major intersection for traffic approaching the central areas...
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    name "St George's Channel" is recorded in 1578 in Martin Frobisher's record of his second voyage. It is said to derive from a legend that Saint George had...
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    (possibly with colours reversed as a black cross on a yellow field) in the same way that the St George's Cross was flown outside churches in England, but...
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    associated with the Māori people. Te Kara is a St. George's cross flag. In the canton is another St. George's cross on a field of blue with four white stars...
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  • grand cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.   This indicates that the appointment was honorary. An asterisk (*) indicates a dame grand cross. List...
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    Freemasons was defined by the King of Sweden in 1928 to be a "red St George's cross with triangular arms". Flag of the Swedish Order of Freemasons Coat...
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    The Cross of Saint Peter, also known as the Petrine Cross, is an inverted Latin cross traditionally used as a Christian symbol, but in recent times, it...
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    Indian Naval Ensign (category Flags with crosses)
    exhibited the St. George's Cross, albeit with the Ashoka Chakra, a Dharmachakra (Wheel of Law), a national symbol, in the intersection of the cross, as an extra...
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    a red cross on a white background, known as St George's Cross, and the flag of Scotland, a white saltire (X-shaped cross, or St Andrew's Cross) on a blue...
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    of a separate design and purpose to the Royal Banner. It featured St George's Cross at its head, followed by a number of heraldic devices, a supporter...
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    city of Genoa, the red-on-white cross that would later become known as St George's Cross, and the white-on-red cross of the Reichssturmfahne used as the...
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    The poor knights originally wore red mantles, each of which bore St George's Cross, but did not depict the Garter. Queen Elizabeth I replaced the mantles...
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    Union Jack, consisting of a white St Andrew's saltire with blue fimbriation superimposed over a red St George's cross on a field of white. A reconstruction...
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    rubies forming a cross, surrounded by 14 brilliant diamonds. The general design is intended to represent the red St George's Cross (England) on the blue...
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    Flag of the United Kingdom (category Flags with crosses)
    their main-toppe the Red Crosse, commonly called St George's Crosse, and the White Crosse, commonly called St Andrew's Crosse, joyned together according to...
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