Flag of ENGLAND
A high qality image of the
England Flag

The flag of England was adopted in the
16th century. The flag is white with a red
cross in the center. The red cross was the emblem
for England during the Crusades in the Middle Ages.
The flag is known as the Cross of St. George and was
originally the flag of the Republic of Genoa. It
was adopted by the city of London in 1190 for their ships
entering the Mediterranean to benefit from the protection
of the powerful Genoese fleet. During the crusade
in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries the
English solders adopted it for their uniforms and around
1277 it officially became the national flag of England
and Wales.
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