an enclosing circle) The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps Schneider Cams, a speed equipment manufacturer Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, a South African sports club Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, a Brazilian sports club Neath RFC, a rugby team The Eaton House Group of Schools FC Volyn Lutsk, a Ukrainian football club Black Label Society, a heavy metal band Flag of the Hispanic People The Fifth Corps, a unit of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1862–1865. Firefighters, especially in the United States, commonly use a version with triangular arms for patches and medals, though the cross pattée and the cross of St. Florian are both commonly mistaken for the Maltese cross. The cross pattée is used on the Marksmanship Badge in the United States Army, and United States Marine Corps. Encoding In Unicode, a Cross pattée character is encoded under the name "Maltese Cross" in the Dingbats range at code point U+2720 (✠). The character "X" is rendered as a cross pattée in the Microsoft Wingdings font. See also Crosses in heraldry References External links Christian crosses Pattee