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Show England's National Flag, The national flag of England was tho banner of St. Georgo (heraldlcal-ly (heraldlcal-ly described as argent a cross gules) and soon after tho union of the crowns this was united with tho Scottish Scot-tish national flag of banner of St. Andrew (in the language of tho heral dry, azure, a saltier argent), thus forming tho first union flag. On tho legislative union with Scotland, 1707, a new design for tho national of union flag was adopted, described In heraldic heral-dic terms as azure, a saltier argent, surmounted by a cross gules flmbrlted or edged of tho second, and on tho union with Ireland tho red cross, or saltier of St. Patrick, was Introduced and in this modified form the national nation-al flag now exists. |