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Show If LAG SaVi. NATION S. l"7 ?Wiq3hi CN. iCROSS if ST CEORCE. yyy P&N. -O iCROSS or ST ANDREW. (GREAT BKITAINakd IRELAND) , j I The flag of Great Britain is really three flags in one, since it bears on its broad blue field the characteristic crosses of the patron saints of England, Eng-land, Scotland and Ireland. The field is blue, the upright cross is red, and the vertical cross is also red; The narrow outlines of both crosses are white. The union jack (the three crosses combined) appears on every national flag of Great Britain, and, tells the story of unity of the three countries,' England, Scotland and Ireland (the home countries), The cross of St. George, the emblem em-blem of England, is red on a white field; that ofBCbtland's patron, St. Andrew, is white on a blue field, while St. Patrick of Ireland is represented by a red cross on a white field. The parts to be colored red are indicated by oblique lines. The red ensign of the merchant service has a field of rich red, with the union as described above in tha upper left hand corner. The Naval Reserve flag has a blue field, with the union in the corner like the merchant service ensign. - The emblems of the different colonies col-onies are emblazoned on the field oi the national flag the maple leaf oi Canada, the golden sun of India and the Southern Cross of Australia, and so the difference is shown between the colonies and also the connection to the mother country. |