Named for the Knights of Malta, a group of knights who bore this symbol on their tabards during the Crusades. A Maltese cross has four broad arms of equal length with a V shaped notch cut out of the ends.
Maltese cross is a cross whose four equal-length arms get larger the farther they get from the center. The Maltese cross brooch above is by Weiss; it has red paste stones and a Japanned finish.
A cross whose four equal-length arms become wider the farther they get from the center.
A design frequently used in fashion jewelry that dates back to the Crusades and has two lines intersecting exactly in the middle, creating four equal arms. The arms widen as they extend outward and the ends have an inverted V, giving the end appearance of four arrowheads pointing towards the middle.
A cross with four broad arms of equal length, with tops that look like inward-pointing arrowheads.