03:15 · The form of cross where the lower vertical arm is longer than the others, as in the Latin cross, is closely associated with death. Two such signs crossing one another logically ought to be even more closely associated with death. And the fact is that this ideogram is used in dictionaries to denote military expression, and in genealogy to denote that a person died in battle, was lost in action, as it is usually expressed in armed forces.
    One can also perceive as a pictorial sign for two crossed swords or rapiers, a symbol for battle and military power.