The Heraldry Society of Canada
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The Heraldry Society of Canada
Arms: Quarterly per fess embattled Gules and Argent, the first quarter an inescutcheon Argent charged with a maple leaf Gules. Crest: Upon a helmet mantled Gules doubled Argent within a wreath of these colours, this crest: Issuant from maple leaves Gules a demi lion Or holding a staff proper flying therefrom a banner of the arms fringed Or. Supporters: Dexter a beaver sejant Or collared Gules pendant therefrom the Society badge, sinister a narwhal (Monodon monoceros) haurient Argent armed Or charged on the shoulder with the Society badge, the whole set on a compartment per pale of a grassy mount and waves of the sea proper. Motto: ET PATRIBUS ET POSTERITATI
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Within an annulet of eight points set on the outer edge Or a roundel quarterly Gules and Argent charged with a coronet érable Or.Source: College of Arms, London, March 6, 1972. Artist: R. Gordon Macpherson Click here to go back to the current Society's arms.
To view the Society's Original Letters Patent, click on the image on the right. It is a photograph of the framed Letters Patent, presently in storage with the Canadian Archives. The Letters Patent image is quite large, so when it is presented on your screen, you may have to scroll vertically and horizontally.Note: For background on the design and development of the RHSC arms, and people involved, click here to view the article entitled "Arms of the Heraldry Society of Canada" reproduced from the September 1972 issue of "Heraldry in Canada".
