English: Flag of Cretan State (1898-1913, an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire ) - the design depicted the blue and white cross design of Greece and a red canton (upper left) with a white five-pointed star symbolizing the Ottoman suzerainty. This digital reproduction has its cross design taken from the national flag of Greece (land variant in use 1822–1969 and 1974–78) , its fat star design and red colour from the late Ottoman flag (1844-1923) , using dimensions (format 2:3) and is using lighter shade of blue , as used historically - see Historical Greek flags (coconis.gr) , Principality of Crete (FOTW) , Flag of independent Crete 1898-1913 (sfakia-crete.com) and Photo of Cretan flag outside tavern (kaczorki.pl) .