BRITISH NATIONAL SYMBOLS
symbolism has been reproduced due to the simplicity, distinctiveness and originality of heraldic
colours and designs. The first cross flags indicated primarily that the military operations of the
crusaders were sanctioned by the Pope. However, it is clear that these flags gained territorial
associations as time went by.
1.4 The Early Modern Flags. United Kindom: Union Jack
As regards the modern national flags, the oldest national flag - the Danish Dannebrogen - from
which all the other Scandinavian Cross flags have originated, can claim a direct link to the
Crusader Cross. St. George's Cross of England, as one part of the modem Union Jack reflecting
the political development of the United Kingdom.
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The Cross of St George, originally seen as a less important flag, became as a result the flag to
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