A Saltire is a diagonal or St. Andrew's Cross - a cross, that is, in the shape of a letter X
Saltire
Saint Patrick's Cross (or Saint Patrick's Saltire) is a red saltire (X-shaped cross) on a white field. After the 1800 Act of Union joined Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain, the saltire was added to the British flag
The flag on the left is the 'Lion Rampant' which is the old Royal flag of Scotland. The flag on the right is the Scottish National flag also known as the 'Saltire' or St Andrews Cross. Sorry, don't know what happened to the picture.
Blue background with a white saltire (X-shaped cross).A blue flag with a white corner-to-corner cross.To be strictly, heraldically accurate: Azure, a saltire argent.
The Flag of Scotland is a white saltire, a crux decussate (X-shaped cross) representing the cross of the Christian martyr Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, on a blue field.
The blue colour on the Union Flag is from the Scottish Saltire.
It is a saltire, which is a blue background with a white cross.
Saltire
Scotland has two flags and one of them has two names. The best known is the flag with a blue background and a white multiplication cross. This flag is known as both the St Andrews Cross and the Saltire. The other flag depicts a lion standing on its hind legs and is known as the Lion Rampant.
Saint Patrick's Cross (or Saint Patrick's Saltire) is a red saltire (X-shaped cross) on a white field. After the 1800 Act of Union joined Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain, the saltire was added to the British flag
Saltire is a "heraldic" term and refers to a diagonal cross on a shield. This is often seen on old British coins where the shield may be a cruciform shield and the saltire a cross of sceptres of perhaps even swords, pikes or tridents. The term comes from 14th century Old French "sauteour", being a cross-shaped barricade.
It has two names. Saltire and St Andrew's Cross.
The flag on the left is the 'Lion Rampant' which is the old Royal flag of Scotland. The flag on the right is the Scottish National flag also known as the 'Saltire' or St Andrews Cross. Sorry, don't know what happened to the picture.
The Saltire or St Andrews Cross and the Lion Rampant
The flag of Scotland is called the Saltire and The Cross of Saint Andrew.
Blue background with a white saltire (X-shaped cross).A blue flag with a white corner-to-corner cross.To be strictly, heraldically accurate: Azure, a saltire argent.
The Saltire is the national flag of Scotland it is also known as The Saint Andrew's Cross.