Order of Christ Cross

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The Order of Christ Cross is the emblem of the historical Order of Christ, (also called Christ's Knights Order) of Portugal. It has since become a generic Portuguese emblem, used in the sails of the Portuguese carracks during the Discoveries, by the Portuguese Air Force and on the flag of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

It was also the symbol of the Movimento Nacional-Sindicalista, a political movement of the early 1930s.

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Insignia of the Portuguese Air Force	Flag of Cisplatina (1811-1828)	Flag of Madeira	War flag during the Portuguese Restoration War (1640–1668)
Flag of the City of São Paulo, Brazil	Flag of Cananéia, Brazil	Symbol of Belenenses football club