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The cross pattée is also placed before the name of the bishop who issues a Catholic imprimatur, and is occasionally found as a map symbol indicating the location of a Christian site.
It appears in the emblem of:
The Victoria Cross.
The Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
F.C. Paços de Ferreira, a Portuguese football club.
C.F. Os Belenenses, a Lisboeta football club.
The Sir Knight, Geneva Glen Camp's Highest rank in the orders
The Knights of Columbus, designed in 1883, and called a "cross formée"
Independent Truck Company, a manufacturer of skating equipment (in the alisée form, with the ends of the arms in the shape of arcs of an enclosing circle).
The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps.
Schneider Cams, a speed equipment manufacturer.
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, a Brazilian sports club.
Neath RFC, a rugby team.
FC Volyn Lutsk, a Ukrainian football club.
Black Label Society, a heavy metal band
It is also associated with the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.
Derivatives of the cross pattée are popular amongst bikers, hot rodders and metalheads.
Firefighters, especially in the United States, commonly use a version with triangular arms for patches and medals, though the cross pattée and the cross of St. Florian are both commonly mistaken for the Maltese cross. The cross pattée is used on the Marksmanship Badge in the United States Army, and United States Marine Corps.
originally posted by: DarknStormy
a reply to: FraternitasSaturni
lol, and there is a German flag on the tail...
But yea that was the purpose of that picture... to show that the "nazi" cross is "omg still alive in germany... of all places!!!!!" lol
originally posted by: tsurfer2000h
a reply to: FraternitasSaturni
But yea that was the purpose of that picture... to show that the "nazi" cross is "omg still alive in germany... of all places!!!!!" lol
So just because it has an Iron Cross and it's from Germany it has to be a Nazi?
Here about the Iron Cross.
www.wehrmacht-awards.com...
originally posted by: coastlinekid
Those triangle shapes are easy to read from a distance and have been used for a very long time by many, including the Nazis...
They were pretty smart guys, so they would use something like that too it just freaks some out now when that symbol is seen .
originally posted by: rockpaperhammock
a reply to: NotSoAnonymous
\i think the germans still actually use the cross all the time....what is interesting is very rarely will a german fly their countries flag in their yard. When I was over there one german once told me that was what he liked about America most is that they were so protective and proud of their flag, but it was a bit taboo for them to be so into it. Weird! Considering most citizens of the usa probably really don't care about the flag!