Crosses in heraldry

thumb|The swastika is a symbol with many styles and meanings and has been used in many cultures and religions around the world for millennia. thumb|The Cultural appropriation|appropriation of the swastika by the [[Nazi Party (1920–1945) is the most recognisable modern usage of the symbol in the Western world.]]

thumb|upright=0.5|The ankh has a T-shape topped by a droplet-shaped loop. The ankh or key of life is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol used to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself.

thumb|right|A diagonal cross (decussate cross, saltire, St. Andrew's Cross)

red cross on a white background

cross symbol associated with the Knights Hospitaller

inverted Latin cross traditionally used as a Christian symbol

heraldic symbol and Christian cross

Christian and French patriotic symbol

motif of a circle containing four or more spokes forming a cross

Christian cross in the shape of a capital T

variant of the Christian cross

type of cross which has arms narrow at the centre, and broader at the perimeter

ordinary cross

red saltire on a white field

heraldic cross and motif

heraldic symbol

geometric charge in heraldry

heraldic symbol

heraldic symbol

10th-century Asturian Christian ornamented processional cross

cross symbol of Portugal

type of cross in heraldry

Christian symbol

variation of the Christian cross associated with North Macedonia

A style of cross decorated with fleur-de-lis-style flowers at each or most ends, especially as a heraldic charge

various forms of a cross with letter M for Mary

heraldic cross

The fylfot or fylfot cross ( ) and its mirror image, the gammadion, are types of truncated swastika, associated with medieval Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a cross with perpendicular extensions, usually at 90° or close angles, radiating in the same direction. However at least in modern heraldry texts, such as Friar and Woodcock & Robinson (see ) the fylfot differs somewhat from the archetypal form of the swastika: always upright and typically with truncated limbs, as shown in the figure at right.

symbol

former sacred relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross

yellow saltire on a blue field