Five Cross Flag | |
Use | National flag, civil and state ensign |
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Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 12th century (five cross flag) 14 January 2004 (current design) |
Design | A white field with a centred red cross; a red Bolnur-Katskhuri cross centres each quarter.[1] |
Use | Presidential Standard |
Proportion | 1:1 |
Proportion | 1:1 |
Design | Flag of the Minister of Defence |
Proportion | 1:1 |
Design | Flag of the Chief of the General Staff |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Design | War flag of Georgia |
Use | Naval ensign |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Design | A blue field with a white saltire bordered by green. |
The flag of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშა, romanized: sakartvelos sakhelmts'ipo drosha), also known as the Five-Cross Flag (ხუთჯვრიანი დროშა, khutjvriani drosha), is one of the national symbols of Georgia. Originally a banner of the medieval Kingdom of Georgia, it was repopularised in the late 20th and early 21st centuries during the Georgian national revival.