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Adopted on
  
21 September 1964

Country
  
Proportion
  
2:3

Flag of Malta Flags Symbols and their uses

Design
  
A vertical bicolor of white and red with the representation of the George Cross edged in red on the upper hoist-side corner of the white band.

Use
  
National flag, Naval ensign, State ensign

The flag of Malta (Maltese: Bandiera ta' Malta) is a basic bi-colour, with white in the hoist and red in the fly. A representation of the George Cross, awarded to Malta by George VI of the United Kingdom in 1942, is carried, edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe.

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Colours

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The red hue in the Maltese flag is officially documented as Pantone©186c, R207 G20 B43 (# CF142B) or Spot Colour - 50% rubine red • 50% warm red.

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Tradition states that the colours of the flag were given to Malta by Roger I of Sicily in 1090. Roger's fleet landed in Malta on the completion of the Norman conquest of Sicily. It is said that local Christians offered to fight by Roger's side against the Arab defenders. In order to recognise the locals fighting on his side from the defenders, Roger reportedly tore off part of his chequered red-and-white flag. This story has, however, been debunked as a 19th-century myth, possibly even earlier due to the Mdina, Malta's old capital, associating its colours with Roger's in the late Middle Ages.

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The flag of the Knights of Malta, a white cross on a red field, was a more likely source of the Maltese colours, inspiring the red and white shield used during the British colonial period.

The George Cross

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The George Cross originally appeared on the flag placed on a blue canton (see List of flags of Malta). The flag was changed on 21 September 1964 with Malta's independence when the blue canton was replaced by a red fimbriation the intention being that the Cross appear less prominent. It also made the flag conform to the western rule of heraldry, which states that no colour may touch a colour, or metal touch a metal (silver/white and yellow/gold being the two metals). The flag has remained unchanged since.

Civil ensign

The civil ensign shows a red field, bordered white and charged with a blank Maltese cross.

References

Flag of Malta Wikipedia


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