Saltire

White saltire in the flag of Gascony

A blue saltire of St Andrew is in the arms of the University of Edinburgh

A saltire is a diagonal cross used on flags and in heraldry.

Examples

The flag of Scotland (named Saint Andrew's cross) has a white saltire on a blue flag.

The Union Jack (the flag of the United Kingdom) combines the flags of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. These were the countries that belonged to the U.K. when the Union Jack was created. The Union Jack has two saltires of different colours: a white saltire copied from the flag of Scotland, and a red saltire taken from a flag of Ireland (named Saint Patrick's cross).

Saltire Media

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  Coat of arms of the counts of Ötingen (Oettingen): Azure a bordure vair ancien gules and or, a saltire argent over all (attested from as early as 1180, here in the depiction in the Zürich armorial, c. 1340).

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  Flag of Scotland. Ratio 3:5. The blue used is "royal" blue (Pantone 300), following the Scottish Parliament's recommendation of 2003. See also the traditional colour: Flag of Scotland (traditional).svg: 

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  Cross of Burgundy (Template)

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  St Andrew's flag, used by the Russian Navy

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  Reconstruction of Saltire pattern labarum per A.Roes

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  Gold stater of the Cenomani, on the reverse an androcephalous horse led by a charioteer extending a vexillum in front of it, riding over a fallen enemy.

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  Coin of Theodosius I (393–395), with a vexillum displaying a crux decussata