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The Cross of Saint George as a rectangular flag.The Cross of Saint George as a square flag. 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 with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader.
Paolo Uccello (c. 1460) Illustration of Saint George's Cross, used alongside the Royal Standard by Wat Tyler's rebels. Froissart's Chronicles BL Royal 18 E.I, fol. 165v, c. 1470 The Tudor navy carrack Henry Grace à Dieu (launched 1514) as depicted in the 1546 Anthony Roll, with St George's Cross displayed on the streamers. [4]
The term "Saint George's cross" was at first associated with any plain Greek cross touching the edges of the field (not necessarily red on white). [99] Thomas Fuller in 1647 spoke of "the plain or St George's cross" as "the mother of all the others" (that is, the other heraldic crosses). [100]
Today, St. George's day may be celebrated with anything English including morris dancing and Punch and Judy shows. [20] A traditional custom on St. George's day is fly or 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.
It featured St George's Cross at its head, followed by a number of heraldic devices, a supporter, badges or crests, with a motto—but it did not bear a coat of arms. The Royal Standard changed its composition frequently from reign to reign, but retained the motto Dieu et mon droit , meaning God and my right; which was divided into two bands ...
The new jersey features a small cross of St. George stitched in different colors onto the back of the collar, rather than the traditional red cross and white background of the English flag ...
In the new football kit, as the soccer uniform is known in the U.K., Nike changed some of the colors of the St. George Cross—the traditional red cross against a white background on the English flag.
The Church of England uses the St George's Cross flag with the coat of arms of the individual diocese in the upper-left canton. The Church of Scotland uses a Flag of Scotland depicting the Burning Bush (or Unburnt Bush, in some traditions). The Church in Wales uses a blue Cross defaced with a gold Celtic Cross.