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	Flag of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Swiss flag is based on the flag of the Canton of Schwyz.
		Use of a white cross as a mark of identification of the combined troops of the Old Swiss Confederacy is first attested in the Battle of Laupen (1339), were it was sown on combatants' clothing as two stripes of textile, contrasting with the red St.
		General Guillaume-Henri Dufour proposed use of the flag for the federal forces in 1840, and in 1889 the Federal Council defined the 1/6th proportion of the cross's members, while the ratio of the cross to the square field, or the shield in the case of the coat of arms, remained unspecified.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Switzerland (605 words)

	Switzerland
		While Swiss independence and democracy traditionally dates from 1291, people are often surprised to learn that the national flag in its current form dates only from 1889.
		The flag of the Empire was a white cross extending to the edges of a red field, and symbolised the Emperor's role as the protector of Christianity.
		The flag was enshrined in the Constitution of 1848, which in effect transformed Switzerland from a loose Confederation into a unitary federal state.
	flagspot.net /flags/ch.html (2547 words)

	History of the Swiss flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		By the Peace of Basel in 1499 ending the Swabian War, the Swiss threw off the last vestiges of imperial obligations, and their full independence was recognised in 1648 by the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (a war in which the Swiss actually had no part).
		The Schwyz flag was originally an unadorned red banner, and the assumption that the modern Swiss flag derives from it is incorrect since the Swiss cross was in use by the Confederation about a century before Schwyz added it to its flag.
		While the cantons of the Swiss Confederation went to war flying their individual banners, they soon recognised the need for a common recognition sign, and as early as 1339 at the battle of Laupen, troops wore a long-armed narrow white linen cross stitched on their breasts, sleeves and thighs.
	switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/general/swiss.flag.history.html (1931 words)

	St George's Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The St George Cross is also the symbol of Milan, Genoa, Freiburg and Montreal; and used, for example, in the flag of the city of Barcelona in Spain, and it appears on the flag of Georgia.
		The flag of St George is also the rank flag of an Admiral in the Royal Navy, and civilian craft are forbidden to fly it.
		The flag of St George should not be confused with the flag of the Red Cross.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._George's_cross (309 words)

	Neuchâtel canton (Switzerland) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Their flag was either unimaginatively taken directly from the Italian republican and independentist movement, or the colours represented revolution (green and white) and allegiance to Switzerland (red with white cross).
		The flag of 1350 (or, on a pale gules, three chevronels argent) was discarded in 1848, but there have been three unsuccessful plebicites to reintroduce this flag (1921, 1931, 1954).
		The Swiss nevertheless maintained close ties with the citizens of Neuchâtel and in 1598 the city-state became an allied state of the Confederation.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/ch-ne.html (1100 words)

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		Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C. Among the flags of contemporary European countries, that of Switzerland is one of the most ancient and one of the most modern.
		Its acceptance as the national flag is mainly due to the initiative of General Dufour.
		The use of the red cross on a white background, which is actually the Swiss flag reversed, was granted to the International Red Cross to commemorate the organization founded by Henri Dunant, citizen of Geneva.
	www.eda.admin.ch /washington_emb/e/home/geninf/flag.html (340 words)

	Arthur Szyk's Visual History of Nations: Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the bottom the artisan and farmer are shown in national costume astride the simple national flag of a white cross on a red background.
		This was originally the flag of Schwyz in the thirteenth century.
		William Tell and son are prominently pictured at the top of the print because, according to legend, in the 14th century when given the choice of bowing his knee to an Austrian overlord or shooting an apple atop his son's head, Tell successfully accomplished the latter, and also drove out the Austrians.
	www.szyk.com /print/visual/swiss.html (348 words)

	Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D. - Books - Target Switzerland
		Hitler was livid that the Swiss used fighters bought from Germany to shoot down 11 German Luftwaffe planes; the saboteurs he sent to blow up Swiss airfields were captured (they aroused suspicion because they were all dressed in the same odd outfits!).
		Swiss border troops nervously awaited an assault each time the clock approached the hour, for the Germans were punctual in lauching attacks on the hour.
		He called the Swiss "the most despicable and wretched people, mortal enemies of the new Germany"; in the same breath he fumed that all Jews must be expelled from Europe.
	www.stephenhalbrook.com /ts-speech.html (1377 words)

	Vatican (Holy See) - Swiss Guard
		I don't know when the flag was instituted, or how it has evolved, but it represents the 18th century tradition of Swiss mercenary flags.
		Swiss soldiers served the armies of the Papacy from the late 1300s onward, but only during the reign of Julius II (1503-13) was action taken to establish an organized unit of Swiss Guards directly under the Pope.
		The central arms are set on a green and white vertical bicolor disc area, encircled in a stylized symmetrical wreath of 20 green leaves: Ogival shield sable and or per fess a six pointed star of the latter in dexter chief overall a scythe proper per counter-bend.
	www.fotw.us /flags/va-swiss.html (1522 words)

	All you ever wanted to know about the Swiss flag,
		In the 15th century the Confederation flag was triangular with a white cross.
		In 1817, Swiss General Henri-Guillaume Dufour proposed a flag very similar to the current flag and it was first flown in 1821, then adopted by Canton Aargau in 1833, and by the Confederation Army in 1840.
		The flag was accepted by the constitution of 1848, but it is not quite the same flag as is flown today.
	www.peninsulaswissclub.com /swiss_flag.html (553 words)

	HISTORY OF THE SWISS FLAG AT SEA
		During the 19th century the Swiss government received countless proposals and requests concerning the official introduction of the Swiss flag at sea.
		On the 31 December 1952 there were 36 vessels under Swiss Flag with a total of 207’291 dwt and an average age of 13 years.
		For the Swiss government the cargo ships under Swiss flag were still seen as a kind of insurance in case of another armed conflict.
	www.swiss-ships.ch /berichte-buecher/berichte/artikel_h-walser.htm (5955 words)

	Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The flag of Switzerland consists of a white cross in the center of a red squared background.
		In 1814, a white cross on a red base appeared on the seal of the country and in 1848 the flag was adopted as the nation's military flag.
		The flag of Switzerland is square shaped with its length being equal to the width.
	www.vdiest.nl /Europa/Switzerland/switzerland.htm (759 words)

	Lufthansa in advanced talks with Swiss - Financial Times - MSNBC.com
		Swiss, which was created in 2002 out of the collapse and liquidation of Swissair, the former Swiss flag carrier, has remained loss-making.
		Swiss is also expected to seek to maintain its brand and some degree of operating independence, while also preserving some direct long-haul connections from its main Zürich hub.
		Swiss is in talks with most of its eight unions on concessions, ranging from revising existing collective bargaining arrangements to significant job losses.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6448213/did/7161037 (796 words)

	USATODAY.com - Switzerland becomes 190th member of United Nations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss kicked off ceremonies Monday to end decades of splendid isolation and follow the rest of the world into the United Nations, with festivities slated to feature its signature exports: chocolate and watches.
		To the accompaniment of the Swiss Army Band, the country's flag — a white cross on red background — will then be hoisted to flutter as a lone square among the sea of rectangles.
		U.N. rules stipulate that all flags must be rectangular, but the Swiss flag is unashamedly square.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-09-09-swiss-un_x.htm (833 words)

	Unidentified Flags or Ensigns (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The flags that have been presented to us (it was the first time ever that they have been together on the same place) are different from the official communal flags.
		The meeting flag is the flag that is in the middle of the table.
		The flag that is white with a logo beside the Ethiopian flag is the Non-Aligned Movement.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ufe05.html (2471 words)

	Swiss Travel
		I was based in Lungern, a canton of 2,000 people in the northern range of the Swiss Alps-my first step into the Switzerland of red-shingle chalets dotting lush green hillsides tucked into the folds of a string of mountains.
		An Untour, as the name implies, is not a tour at all but a minimalist package with maximum benefits, consisting of air transportation, apartment-style accommodations in the home of a Swiss resident, a Swiss Rail Pass, and instruction in the ins and outs of the unparalleled transportation system.
		In celebration of Independence Day, houses were strung with small Swiss flags, and shop windows displayed the day's special emblem, a daisy with the Swiss flag superimposed onto one of the petals.
	www.grandtimes.com /swiss.html (2054 words)

	World Flag Database: Switzerland
		The national flag of Switzerland is square and should always been flown as such.
		Rectangular red flags with a central white cross are Swiss civil ensigns.
		The Swiss flag is the basis of the flag of the International Red Cross.
	www.flags.net /old/SWIT.htm (57 words)

	Vatican - Swiss Guard (Part I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Considering only those Colonels after 1905 (when the current Vatican Swiss Guard flag pattern was designed) and the popes from the same period, we can list all flags that (theoretically) existed:.
		The image is simply shown the expected new version of the Papal Guard flag: I.e., identical to the previous Swiss Guard Colors for John Paul II but with Benedict XVI's arms replacing John Paul II's.
		Note that the side areas of the shield are both or, and the central one is gules, whereas previously sent images shown different color patterns.
	flagspot.net /flags/va-swiss.html (1868 words)

	Swiss cheese air - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Swiss cheese air - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Swiss (cheese), hard cow’s milk cheese with a pale yellow interior laced with large holes and a mild, nutty flavor.
		In some cheeses, the bacteria added to create the acidic environment necessary for curd formation continue to ripen the cheese as well.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Swiss_cheese_air.html (128 words)

	Swiss navy and Swiss flags at sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During WW II a Swiss Naval Ensign was adopted with the proportions 2:3.
		On the lakes the usual square flag is used.
		The question of enforcement of Swiss municipal law on board such vessels, and the manner in which respect to the Swiss Flag could be ensured were matters for the Swiss Government."
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ch-sea.html (501 words)

	Comments on 8493 \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I've always thought of flags as things that are connected with war, and a green flag seems kind of neat flying from a tank or jeep or similar.
		Focus groups and surveys have shown that citizens like the basic designs of their flags, but they wish it was more clear what state the flag represented and perhaps that the flags were more educational in nature.
		I pledge allegiance to the flag of Michigan, and to the state for which it stands, 2 beautiful peninsulas united by a bridge of steel, where equal opportunity and justice to all is our ideal.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/8493 (2226 words)

	Flags of the World - Switzerland
		The Swiss flag is one of only two national flags to be square.
		It was originally the banner of Schwyz, one of the three original provinces that formed the Swiss Confederation.
		When this flag is reversed with a red cross on a white background, it represents the Red Cross organization which was founded by a Swiss philanthropist, Henri Dunant.
	www.anyflag.com /country/swiss.php (162 words)

	Swiss Knife Shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Swiss Army Voyager - for people on the move with its built-in clock, timer, and alarm - a total of 20 useful features.
		SIGG Switzerland - makers of the original Swiss bottle.
		Mondaine, the "Official Swiss Railway Watch." Mondaine watches match form and function.
	www.swissknifeshop.com (238 words)

	i was just really very hungry.: Swiss National Holiday
		Next to the Americans, I think that Swiss seem to like to display their flag the most (just on a normal day you see lots of flags and flag motifs everywhere), but today the distinctive red-and-white design is everywhere.
		This thing with the Swiss displaying their flag, and of one being able to buy the flag in various sizes, and other stuff with the swiss motive, is very interesting.
		So you see the Swiss flag on the stupid cows (which most Swiss laugh about as representing the image of Switzerland abroad), Swiss flag on mats, Swiss flag on underware, etc. Swiss people don't really have an orgasm looking at their flag, unlike US citizens.
	www.justhungry.com /2004/08/swiss_national_.html (827 words)

	Yourish.com » The ICRC and the lie of the cross
		Its emblem was a red cross on a white background: the inverse of the Swiss flag.
		The Scandinavian countries and Great Britain as well have a cross on their flags.) Often the right to bear a cross on one’s coat of arms and on a flag was granted together with other privileges, like direct immediacy [direct subordination under the emperor’s jurisdiction without jurisdiction of counts].
		The Swiss flag is just a white ‘plus’ on a red field, just like the Austrian flag is a white ‘minus’ on a red field.
	www.yourish.com /2005/12/08/410 (1365 words)

	Swiss regret flag burning in Palestinian protest rally (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Swiss authorities said Friday they regretted that Palestinian demonstrators had set a Swiss flag alight during a demonstration in the West Bank against the unofficial Middle East peace plan known as the Geneva Initiative.
		Effigies of the chief Palestinian negotiator Yasser Abed Rabbo and his Israeli counterpart Yossi Beilin were set on fire, as well as the red and white national emblem of Switzerland, during the protest by about 3,000 people Friday.
		The rally was organised by the hardline Hamas movement, which has denounced the accord for its de facto renunciation of the right of return of Palestinians forced out of their homeland when the state of Israel was created in 1948.
	www.spacewar.com /2003/031205181244.tzidz2pr.html (172 words)

	Target Switzerland, Stephen Halbrook, militia, Nazi Germany
		Americans have been known to confuse the Swiss flag--white cross, red background--with the Red Cross banner, which is the opposite.
		Hitler was livid that the Swiss used fighters bought from Germany to shoot down 11 German Luftwaffe planes; the saboteurs Hitler sent to blow up Swiss airfields were captured; they aroused suspicion because they were all dressed in the same odd outfits!
		This was published as a message to the Swiss and a warning to the Germans; surrender was impossible, even if ordered by the government, for the prior order mandated that any "surrender" be treated as an enemy lie.
	www.davekopel.org /2A/OthWr/Target_Switzerland.htm (1511 words)

	Swiss culture - culture in Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Swiss have always emigrated to other countries, to sell their skills, escape persecution, or improve their lives.
		The religious landscape is dominated by Protestantism and Catholicism.
		Alongside familiar festivals like Christmas, Carnival, Easter, harvest festivals and National Day, there are a number of unusual winter customs, and specifically Swiss ones such as Tschäggättä, Sechseläuten and the Escalade.
	www.swissworld.org /eng/swissworld.html?siteSect=600 (201 words)

	Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Garden Flag
		This colorful Swiss is printed on double stitched polyester with the artwork seen on both sides.
		Fade resistant and weatherproof, these beautiful garden flags will add charm to every home.
		Flags fit on standard Garden Flag Pole (not included); flags are 10.75" by 14.5"
	www.bigtallk9.com /gifts/flags/94737.html (76 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons.
		Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP larger than that of the big Western European economies.
		The Swiss in recent years have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to enhance their international competitiveness.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/sz.html (1152 words)

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