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Centred Upright Crosses (St. George-type) on Flags (Overview)

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Below is a selection of flags that have an upright centred cross (as in the St. George's Cross). Fimbriations are indicated in parentheses following. Crosses in italics are proposals, or flags of uncertain or dubious status. Countries are identified by the leading boldface ISO3166 abbreviation, as listed on this page.

Regular St. George-type cross flags

Field
Cross
White Yellow Red Blue Green Black Ermine, Purple
White
FR Kingdom of France, Fédération Régionaliste de Bretagne (black), LV Latvian rank flags (red), Latvian president (red), Latvian naval ensign, US Little Rock, Arkansas (green/blue)



CA Royal Canadian Yacht Club Rear Commodore, CH Brusio, Mendrisio, Samnaun, EC Ecuador Governor, ES Blanes, Toses, La Coma y La Pedra, Alcazar de San Juan, FR Savoie, Saint-Lô, Chambéry, Daher Shipping Co.
Denis Frères GB Admiral, Bullard, King & Co. Line, Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co., GE Georgian Army, Georgian Border Forces (red, green), GR Brotherhood of the Sepulcher in Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church, IT Kingdom of Italy Naval Jack, Noli, Val d'Ossola, Florence Republic's flag, Piedmont Region, Novara, Free Territory of Trieste, MT SMOMMX 1923 Registration flag of Cuidad del Carmen, NL Rotterdamsch Lloyd house flag, Vollenhove PE Partido Nacionalista Peruano (green), RO Timisoara (historic), US G. Gordon Line, Prudential Steamship Corp., WS Kingdom of Samoa (1873), Other Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Fahnen- und Flaggenkunde (SGFF)

AU Eureka flag, BR Aparecida, São Paulo (white), Vera Cruz, São Paulo (red), CA Quebec, Franco-Ontarian proposal, Royal Canadian Yacht Club CH Céligny, Erlenbach, CO Colombian Naval Captain, CY World Hellenic Association, Kokkinochoria, CZ Roudno, DE Reederei Gerhard Frommann und Sohne GBR (black), EC Ecuador Minister, Manta Canton, FI Ångf. A/B Bore, Silja Lines, FR Kingdom of France civil ensign, GB William France, Fenwick & Co. Lines, GR Greece, Greece (Kingdom) Air Force Ensign, Greece president 1924-1935, Greece naval rank flags, IS Iceland 1897, IT Turin, MQ Martinique, MX 1923 Registration flag of Frontera, Mexican flag of commerce, 1815, NA Congress of Delegates, NL Munnekizijl, Zwolle, NZ New Zealand blue ensign, PY Paraguay Naval Prefecture, RU Georgievsk, Stavropol, US Confederate 19th Alabama Infantry, Isthmian Steamship Co., Indianapolis, Indiana

DE Borkum Island, Lower Saxony, DM Dominica (1981) (yellow/white), ES El Cogul, El Catllar (red, white), FR Bureau Frères et Baillargeau, GB Devon, England (black), Countryside Alliance Protest flag, HU Telki, Hungary, LV Latvia Border Guard (red), NL Nijland,
TW Democratic Progressive Party, UA Ukraine Border Guard ensign (green, white)

CH Köniz, GB Cornwall, GE West Georgia (12-14 C), HU Hungarian air force, 1941-45, ID Borneo princely state, LV Riga (1270)

FR Nantes (historical) (black), Brest historical, (black)
Yellow
CZ Svatý Jiří (Czech Rep.) (red), ID Indonesian Princely State in Borneo

BE Flemish Association for Watersports (black)



CH Rocourt, ES Morcín, Cavalry flag of Don Gil Alvarez Carrillo de Albornoz FI Duchy of Finland Merchant flag, Duchy of Finland Helsingfors Dagblad (blue), FJ Rotuma, Fiji, IN Director of Royal Indian Marine, IT Ancona, Lodi Vecchio, Messina, Romagna, Italy (yellow), Romagna, Italy (green), PR Puerto Rico, 1873 flag, UA Zhytomir, Ukraine, Other Signal Code letter R, Marryat signal flag #7

CA Royal Canadian Yacht Club Vice Commodore, CH Schiers, Hauterive, Chexbres, Eysins, Mézery-près-Donneloye, CZ Martínkovice, Kukle,
Knínice u Boskovic  FR Toulon, Yvoire, GB Pembroke, Wales, ID Pontianak princely flag, IT Verona, Belluno, LV Riga, (historical), NL Drunen, Oldenzaal, Kampen (17th C)

BR Paranaguá, Paraná, Pinhalão, Paraná, HU Veszpremvarsany, ID Pontianak princely flag, JM Jamaica Banana Producers Steamship, NL Royal Dutch Association for Physical Training, PR Patillas

CH Confignon, GB Wales, NL Raalte
Red
AU Sydney, 
State Shipping, WA, BR Brazilian Merchant Navy Health Service, CA Montreal, Newfoundland (1862), Nanaimo, BC, Constantine Lines CH Colombier, CZ  Brusperk, Cejkovice, Czech Rep., Býšt, Czech., DE German West African Co. (white, black), Coblenz, Freiburg, ES Almería Maritime Province, Naviera, Pinillos, Almería, Zaragoza, Sitges, La Masó, Huesca, Teruel FR Calvi, GB England, Lundy, British Tanker Co., British & Continental S.S. Co., Cork Steamship Co., Elder Dempster Co. Ltd., Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Houston Line, Joseph Constantine Line, British Admiral rank, Lincoln, England, London, Northern Ireland, Port of London Authority, RNLI, Royal Mail Steam Packet, Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, York, GE Georgia, GG Alderney, Guernsey, GH Chief of Naval Staff, GR Brotherhood of the Sepulcher in Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church), IE British & Irish Steam Packet Co., IN Indian Navy rank flags, IT Lega Nord, Genoa, Milano, Duchy of Lucca (1819) (yellow), Kingdom of Sardinia, Corrado Lines, Italy, Italian Transporti Maritimi, Villain & Fassio Line, Piana Ialsnd, Sardinia, Novi Ligure, Florence, People's flag, Ovada, Alessandria, Alba, Asti, Bologna, Piana Island, Cremona, Corsico, Milan Province, Mantova, Padua, Ivrea, Varese, Kingdom of Italy Hospital Ship, JM Queen's flag in Jamaica, JP Tokyo-wan Kisen K.K. Line, LK Sri Lankan naval rank flags (old series), MT Mosta, MX Tuxpam (1923), Veracruz registration flag, 1858, NG Elder Dempster Agencies, Ltd., NL Oosterbierum, UA Biliy Kamin', US David Ogden Red Cross Line, Graydon flag for New England, Prince George's County, Maryland, Easton, MA VE Caracas Veteran Regimental Flag, US New England Vexillological Association, Other Red Cross

BE Lint, CO Cundinamarca, Cundinamarca 1811, CH
Rocourt, FR Pontrieux, GB Northern Ireland variant, Ulster, IT Albenga, Altipiano del Sette Comuni, Asiago, Lodi, SE Church of Sweden

IT Tuscany Merchant Ensign (yellow)

AU Anglican Church of Australia (white), Sydney Waterways (white), BR São Sebastião do Paraíso, Minas Gerais, Guaçuí, Espírito Santo (yellow), Paraisópolis, Minas Gerais,  (white), Tapes, Rio Grande do Sul (yellow), Bariri, São Paulo (white), Guarulhos, São Paulo (white), Itanhaém, São Paulo Sumaré, São Paulo (yellow), DE Oldenburg, Germany, ES Mataro Maritime Province 1845-1894, Tarragona Maritime Province, MM Karen political party, US Brunswick Steamship Co., Winnecone, Wisconsin


BR Conseilheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, (white), Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul, (white),
Santa Adélia, São Paulo (white), Carapicuiba, São Paulo (yellow), PT Clube Sport Marítimo, Portugal, US Oldham County, Kentucky (white), ZA
South African flag proposal, 1927 (white)

BR Pampas Independence Movement (yellow), GB Durham City (white), US Worcester County, Maryland
Blue
AL Greek minority in Albania, AU
Australian Coastal Shipping Commission, CA Royal Canadian Yacht Club Commodore, ES Valencia Maritime Province, FI Wasa Nordsjö Ångbåts Akt. Bolag  FR Marseilles, Fabre Line, GB Adelaide Steamship Co., Orient Steam Navigation Co., Pacific Steam Navigation Co., Church in Wales, GR Hellenic Front, Greek revolutionary flag, HR Grünhut & Co.line, Admiral (1941-45), IT Kingdom of Sardinia, Lloyd Sardegna Compagia di Navigazione, KE Southern Line, Ltd. Mombasa, MX 1923 Registration Flag of Campeche, NL Nautilus Rowing Club, Nederlandsche Motorboot Club Soetermeer, Fekkes house flag, Zwolle, historical, NO Anton von der Lippe shipping, PT Portugal 1143, RO historical flag of Arad, SV La Libertad, UA Naval Rank flags (historical), Naval Rank flags (white, blue), US Navy Convoy Commodore, CH Church & Son Star Line, John Ogden Pioneer Line, New England Fuel Transport Co., St. John Valley Franco-Americans, Maine, YU Regent's Standard, 1918, Other Signal Code letter X, St. Michael

BE Dentergem, CH Grüsch,, IT Parma, NL Burgum, SU lighthouse flag, 1924, UA lighthouse flag, 1918, US Spofford & Tileston Lines, George Washington University

CZ Sazovice (white), GB William France, Fenwick & Co. Lines, IT Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia, NO Jack (white), RO Principality of Moldavia, war ensign, 1834, US South Carolina Sovereignty flag

BR São João Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais (white), GB Civil Air Ensign (white)

BR Paulínea, São Paulo (yellow)

PL UPR party (white)
Green
BR Contestado Rebellion, 1839-40, BG Division Commander, 1908, GB Countryside Alliance Protest flag, IE Kildare County Council, LR Sino County, MT Zejtun, NL Rotterdam Diocese, PT Sport Algés e Dafundo, Minister of the Navy
, Portuguese rank flags, US Gregor MacGregor flag, Florida 1817, ZA South African naval rank flags

CA Gloucester, Ontario

HU Yachting Association (white)

BR Limeira, São Paulo (white)


Black
CH Köniz, Saint-Sophorin-sur-Morges, Arnex-sur-Orbe, CZ Milnické Vtelno, DE Cologne 1475-1794, German Colonial League, FR
Duchy of Brittany, Côtes d’Amour, Brest historical, Tourcoing, Fédération Régionaliste de Bretagne (white, black), Breton traditionalists, NL Deutscher T.R.V., Rotterdam (white, black) RU Russia White Legion 88 (yellow, black)

CH Grandfontaine,
Cartigny, FR Trégor, France, Pays de Retz, France

BR São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, NL Storm Detachments,  (black, red), US Edward Moltenius Lines

NL Veenklooster (white)

DM Dominica (yellow/white)


FR Bleuñ-Brug,
Guérande, Pays de Retz, France
Purple
GE Georgia (12-14th C),

PR Penuelas
       
Pink
IE British & Ireland Steam Packet Co. Ltd (green)
         
US
Mascoutah, Illinois
Ermine
FR Cercle celtique de Dinard
White Yellow Red Blue Green Black

Multicoloured St. George cross-type flags

The following flags use a St. George cross-type design, but cannot be described on the table above. They are described by describing the colours of the cross on a field, labeled by quarter. Any fimbriation is shown in brackets following - if more than one colour, the order is inside-out.

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