Ed Ranks Equal-Limbed Crosses in Heraldry

Crosses. You see them all the time in heraldry. Which is… I think… the study of people named Harold? Pretty sure. 

Let’s have a fun visual ranking like the good old days when I just ranked photos of Zendaya! This seems a lot easier to do than all that hard research into Japanese shoguns like last week. 

16. Cross Hummetty (aka Couped, Alaisée, Greek)

Review: BORING. Basic bitch cross. Plus sign. Snoooooore. 

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15. Avellane Cross

Review: Eww. What is this? Gross and wierd. 

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14. Cross Gamma

Review: No thanks, the Nazis basically ruined any shape close to this. 

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13. Cross Barby

Review: No way is it still a cross with arrows. These are directions. 

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12. Cross Fourchy

Review: Nobody asked for a cross with split ends. 

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11. Cross Potent

Review: More like four T's having a circle jerk. 

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10. Cross Moline

Review: ANOTHER cross with split ends? Why? 

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9. Cross Cercelée

Review: Way too many crosses that look like this, but at least this one has some slight style. 

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8. Cross Pattée

Review:  Another cross that could rank higher, but got ruined by the damned Germans.

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7. Cross Patoncé

Review: Oh. This is sort of cool. Are these like leaves or something? I dig it. 

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6. Order of Christ Cross

Review: Would have been boring but it's red. COOL. RED! 

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5. Cross Crosslet 

Review: Whoa. Inception. A bunch of crosses in a cross. Mind blown. 

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4. Cross Fleury

Review: A cross with four fleurs-de-lys shapes at the ends? Cool beans. 

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3. Cross Bottony

Review: Clover / club cross thing. Niiiiiice. 

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2. Cross Erminée

Review: Hello? This is the Cool Cross Times. We'd like to set up an interview with Cross Erminée and ask it how it got so much swagger. 

1. Maltese Cross

Review: Maltese Cross is best cross. Obviously. Look how awesome this thing looks. It will cut you if you try to mess with it.