. Heraldry, historical and popular . M~llllllllll!i ! P:. THK HERALDRY OF THIi CROSS. 27 Cross of St. Anthony, or the Tau Cross, from its form being thesame as the Greek Character Tau (T). A diagonal Cross is entitled a Saltirc. The Crosses of of Scotland, No. 60, and of St. Patrick of Ireland,No. 61, are Crosses-Saltires, the former being Argent, on a fieldAzure, and the latter Gules, on afield Argent. The Cross of St. George of England, No. 62, is Gules, upon afield Argent. The Combination of the Crosses of St. George and produced the First Union Jack, No. 63, which wasde
. Heraldry, historical and popular . M~llllllllll!i ! P:. THK HERALDRY OF THIi CROSS. 27 Cross of St. Anthony, or the Tau Cross, from its form being thesame as the Greek Character Tau (T). A diagonal Cross is entitled a Saltirc. The Crosses of of Scotland, No. 60, and of St. Patrick of Ireland,No. 61, are Crosses-Saltires, the former being Argent, on a fieldAzure, and the latter Gules, on afield Argent. The Cross of St. George of England, No. 62, is Gules, upon afield Argent. The Combination of the Crosses of St. George and produced the First Union Jack, No. 63, which wasdeclared in 1606, by King James I., to constitute the NationalEnsign of Great Britain. It happily symbolises the Unionof England and Scotland, in the union of the Crosses of thetwo realms. In 1801, in consequence of the legislative Union with Ire-land, a Second Union Ensign superseded its new compound device was required to comprehend thethree Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick incombination. It appears, charged upon a bann
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