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Maltese cross
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cross symbol associated with the Knights Hospitaller
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Encyclopedic overview
Cross of the Order of Saint John Cross of the Order of Saint Lazarus
The Maltese cross (also the Amalfi cross) is a cross symbol, consisting of four "V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically.
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