Rooster left and French Republic initials in a coat of arms.

Cross of Lorraine.

The Cross of Lorraine was originally a heraldic cross. The two-barred cross consists of a vertical line crossed by two shorter horizontal bars. In most renditions, the horizontal bars are "graded" with the upper bar being the shorter, though variations with the bars of equal length are also seen. The Lorraine name has come to signify several cross variations, including the patriarchal cross with its bars near the top. In France, the Cross of Lorraine was the symbol of Free France during World War II, the liberation of France from Nazi Germany, and Gaullism and includes several variations of a two barred cross.

Honneur - Patrie (French for "honour, fatherland") is the motto of the Legion of Honour; it has been inscribed on military flags under the First French Empire, and also became the motto of the French Navy from 1830.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French for "liberty, equality, fraternity", is the national motto of France. Although it finds its origins in the French Revolution, it was then only one motto among others and was not institutionalized until the Third Republic at the end of the 19th century. Debates concerning the compatibility and order of the three terms began at the same time as the Revolution.