Talk:Maltese cross
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I have removed the assertation that the maltese cross is used by fire departments through out Australia. The star on the badges of the Australian Fire Brigades/Services is based on a stylised version of the Star of the Order of the Garter. The use of which seems to have transfered from the cap badges of the British (and Australian) military. Other organisations to use this star include police forces in the UK and Tasmania. The use of the Star of the Order of the Garter seems to be currently limited to the two South Australian fire brigades. Ozdaren 17:17, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Color
Shouldn't the Maltese cross be always white (silver)??? --Tonyjeff 00:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- Classically the Maltese cross was used by the Knights Hospitaller and yes the cross they used was white. Presumably they used silver for things like jewellery. White/silver probably remains the most famous colour of Maltese cross today because of its use in modern Maltese iconography and the modern incarnation of the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of Malta as well as several other organisations. However, other colours of Maltese cross have since been adopted by other groups e.g. red and yellow: http://www.fotw.us/flags/keywordm.html --Kip 16:13, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Also used in the most famous British medal "Victoria Cross".
[edit] Saint Florian
It said that the Saint Florian cross, often confused with the maltese cross is used by firefighters and EMS. This is incorrect. EMS uses the "star of life", a six pointed star that is unrelated to either the maltese cross or the Saint Florian. I removed the reference to EMS to make this article correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.38.93 (talk) 06:53, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
