Flag of Malta source of the Maltese colours, inspiring the red and white shield used during the British colonial period. The George Cross originally appeared on the flag placed on a blue canton (see List of flags of Malta). The flag was changed on 21 September 1964 with Malta's independence when the blue canton was replaced by a red fimbriation the intention being that the Cross appear less prominent. The civil ensign shows a red field, bordered white and charged with a blank Maltese cross. Flag of Malta The flag of Malta () is a basic bi-colour, with white in the hoist and
Flag of the Soviet Union building of communism. The flag's design was legislated in 1955, which gave a clear way to define and create the flag. This resulted in a change of the hammer's handle length and the shape of the sickle. The adopted statute stated that: The final design of the flag was adopted in 1980. The design was kept the same except that the background colour was changed. The colour was brightened from a near-burgundy crimson to a light to medium red. That flag remained the national flag of the Soviet Union up until late 1991, when a tricolour was formally adopted by