[PanzerKardinal]

You described the Swiss flag as being a white flag with a red cross, but as I recall from my Swiss-in-laws, the Swiss flag is a square red flag with a white cross.

What you seem to be describing is the flag of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Perhaps I missed something? Is there some sort of Templar connection with the ICRC?

I thought the Swiss flag was originally the flag of the Canton of Schwyz, developed in the 1200's.

But maybe I wrong?

[MeanWestTexan]

"Perhaps I missed something? Is there some sort of Templar connection with the ICRC"

Oddly, yes. The Red Cross was founded by a York Rite Freemason named Jean Henri Dunant about 1860 or so.

(The York Rite is the expressly Christian-only branch of the fraternity.)

The current state of the organization would have the man (a lay preacher) spinning in his grave.