Flag of Malta

Republic of Malta
UseNational flag and state and naval ensign
Proportion2:3
Adopted21 September 1964 (1964-09-21)
DesignA vertical bicolour of white and red with the representation of the George Cross edged in red on the upper hoist-side corner of the white band.
Designed byRoger I of Sicily (Debunked as a Myth, Original design)
UseCivil ensign
DesignA red field with a white border, and a white Maltese cross in the center.
National flag of Malta alongside the flag of the Knights of Malta

The flag of Malta (Maltese: Il-Bandiera ta' Malta) is a bicolour, with white in the hoist and red in the fly. A representation of the George Cross, awarded to Malta by George VI in 1942, is carried, edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe.[1] The flag was first recognized in the May of 1952.[2]

  1. ^ "LEĠIŻLAZZJONI MALTA". legislation.mt. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  2. ^ Murphy, Philip (2013). Monarchy and the End of Empire: The House of Windsor, the British Government, and the Postwar Commonwealth. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-921423-5.

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