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 | | The flag of (A close-fitting pullover shirt) Jersey was adopted by the States of Jersey on June 12, 1979, proclaimed by the (The wife or widow of a king) Queen on December 10, 1980 and first officially hoisted on April 1, 1981. |
 | | Among the legends are a story that a mistranslation from (The West Germanic language of the Netherlands) Dutch of the word Erse in a Dutch chart endowed Ierse (Jersey) with a cross of (Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century) St. |
 | | However, French Admiralty charts show that Jersey was using the red saltire before the adoption of that symbol for the Order of St. Patrick and its incorporation into the modern (National flag of the United Kingdom) Union Flag. |
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