 And of such color was the eagle of the Roman Emperors, now used by the Germans because the color and appears at a great distance.The three red roses remind us of the legend narrated in the biography of St Elizabeth.She is generally represented as a princess graciously giving alms to the poor or holding roses in her lap; in the latter case, she is portrayed as surprised by her husband who met her unexpectedly as she went secretly on an errand of mercy, and so, the story runs, the bread she was trying to conceal suddenly turned into rose, the coconut palms on a green knoll represent Jaro.