Chronicle of the Swiss Banner

Widely regarded and accepted as one of the square sovereign-state banner in the world, the flag of Switzerland is a patterned design of a red square, with an equilateral cross in the middle. The flag's heritage was generally based on three known tales. These tales included the Arma Christi, which was venerated in the three forest stations; the Theban Legion; and the Reichssturmfahne that was attested in the 12th century.

The big white cross in the Swiss banner represented the joined pacts of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the Battle of Laupen in 1939. The banner was worn as sewn combatant clothing in two fabric stripes. It was conjointly distinct with the St. Andrew's cross of Maximilian I and the St. George's cross in Habsburg, Austria. Furthermore, civilian use of the Swiss flag's cross portrayed the figure of the confederacy starting in the 16th century. A few years more, the white cross was seen carried on the emblems of most cantonal pacts and was later on adopted as the national symbol in the federal contract of 1815. With the simplicity of the figure, the pattern and design of the Switzerland banner were also adopted in the official Red Cross symbol.