Malta Nylon Flag

About Our Malta Nylon Flag

The ‘Bandiera ta’ Malta’, the official flag of Malta, although deceptively simple, displays the rich history of the island country it represents. Officially adopted on 21 September 1964, the current flag is a basic bi-colour, with brilliant white in the hoist (left side) and bright red in the fly (right side). It also bears the George Cross, which was awarded to Malta by Britain’s King George VI in 1942 to honour Malta’s courage during wartime.Traditionally, the red and white colours of the flag were thought to have be given to Malta by Roger I of Sicily in 1090, when his fleet landed here after the Norman conquest of Sicily. When locals offered to fight alongside Roger, he allegedly tore a part of his own chequered red-and-white flag and handed it to the Maltese. This version of events was later debunked as myth, due to Malta’s old capital of Mdina associating its colours with Roger’s earlier than this, around the late Middle Ages. The source of the colours is deemed more likely to originate from the flag of the Knights of Malta, which bore a white cross on a red background. In fact, this version has been adopted as Malta’s maritime flag and is a common sight around the Islands , with the cross being referred to as ‘Is-Salib ta’ Malta’ (The Maltese Cross).