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RCSCC BLUE HERON
Blazon: | Sable arising from a base barry wavy of six Argent and Azure a Great Blue Heron in his vigilance (statant on one leg and grasping in the other claw a stone) proper. |
Significance: | The Badge is that of HMCS Blue Heron, a Bird Class patrol vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy since 1968. The heron signifies the name. The stone is based on an old fable (usually involving a crane, rather than a heron) that the bird held a stone in its claw so that if by chance it fell asleep, the stone, by dropping, would waken it. Such a crane or heron is said heraldically to be “in his vigilance”. |
Notes: | RCSCC Blue Heron, Rustico, Prince Edward Island |
Artist: | LCdr Steve Cowan, Area Cadet Instructor Cadre Officer (Sea), Vancouver Island. |