CHA Tabard
Hart House
St. Bart's
Queen's Beasts
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RCSCC PHOENIX*
Blazon: | Sable, arising from waves of water barry wavy Argent and Azure in base, a phoenix Or issuant of flames of fire proper. |
Significance: | The badge is that of HMCS PHOENIX. The Phoenix is a legendary, immortal bird who at the end of a period of time built in the desert a pyre of spice-wood which it ignited by fanning its wings. In this fire the bird plunged and was burned to ashes out of which there arose a rejuvenated phoenix. As an heraldic charge, it is symbolic of rebirth and renewal - the ability to emerge whole and unharmed from apparent destruction. The barry-wavy base suggests that in this case the phoenix was a creature of the sea rather than the land. |
Notes: | RCSCC Phoenix originally in Grand Forks, British Columbia * Corps has closed. |