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2007-12-16 17:21:49 · 10 answers · asked by andy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
when i do an image search of a maltese cross, it looks different than mine, I can't find a name for one of this exact shape.
2007-12-16 17:27:24 · update #1
Iron cross and maltese cross are the same cross, and neither are this one.
2007-12-16 17:29:10 · update #2
Maltese
2007-12-16 17:23:52 · answer #1 · answered by Voice of Reason 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This cross is called the "Iron Cross'. Most people don't realize is that it is a racist symbol, used commonly by the 1940's by Nazis. Today people don't recognize it as a facist symbol. Most people who get it tattoed are idiots and know nothing about the history behind it.
2007-12-16 17:26:55 · answer #2 · answered by Chunks The Monks 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an example of the Cross pattée form of cross.
2007-12-16 18:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by sheik_sebir 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called a maltese cross
2007-12-16 17:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your cross comes closest to: St. Cuthbert's Cross
Also known as Thor's Cross.
http://www.seiyaku.com/customs/crosses/cuthbert.html
It could also be an abbreviated interpretation of the Celtic Cross: http://www.celtarts.com/celtic_crosses.htm
All Crosses: http://www.seiyaku.com/customs/crosses/index-all.html
***And I agree with Chunks.. sadly some of these crosses have been adopted as symbols of supremacy and hate.
2007-12-17 09:42:18 · answer #5 · answered by guess who at large 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is named a Celtic bypass. The layout as an entire can't be seen medieval, inspite of the call of the image. In medieval paintings, it could have been sacrilege to depict the dragon in a fashion meaning that it has capability over the bypass extremely than vice-versa.
2016-10-01 23:45:08 · answer #6 · answered by kacic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be a maltese... but it could also be cross pattee...
or....
you can call it an Andy Cross and make it stand for whatever you want
2007-12-16 17:28:47 · answer #7 · answered by angelsunshyn1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That, my friend, is called Hungry Hungry Hippos
2007-12-16 17:25:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be of German make. My have an origin of Templar knights
2007-12-16 17:24:56 · answer #9 · answered by Ed B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Chopper
2007-12-16 17:24:53 · answer #10 · answered by Charles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋