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A cross with narrow arms that flare broadly at the ends.
Also known as: Cross patty, Cross formée
Arms narrow at the centre and widening sharply outward with straight or slightly curved ends. The form underlying a number of military decorations, including the Iron Cross and the Victoria Cross's general shape.
A cross whose arms are narrow where they meet at the centre and flare broadly outward to straight ends.
The underlying form of several military decorations, the Iron Cross among them — the decoration takes the heraldic shape, and the shape carries no military meaning of its own.
The heraldic charge long predates any decoration based on it and is not itself a military emblem.
A cross whose four arms are narrow at the centre and widen outward, ending in broad straight edges.
Both have arms that widen outward, but the Maltese cross has notched ends giving eight points where the pattée has four straight ends.