United Kingdom
Union of the crosses of three kingdoms.
History and symbolism
The Union Jack overlays the crosses of Saints George, Andrew and Patrick, fixed by the union with Ireland in 1801. The correct heraldic construction leaves the diagonals counterchanged, a detail often drawn wrongly.
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