CHA Tabard
Hart House
St. Bart's
Queen's Beasts
Canadian Heraldic Dictionary
Term | Source | Meaning | Illustration |
Viking Axe | Larsen, Carl A. Vol IV, P 508 | The Viking Axe is a symbol of the grantee’s Scandinavian origin and honours the military service of members of his family. | |
Viking Torque | Hjalmarson, D.E. (Badge) Vol V, P 133 | The Viking Torque is a form of jewelry, usually made of twisted silver strips in the form of a neck-ring. It often bears wolves’ or other animal heads on its tips, as in the bow of a Viking ship. In this badge, it refers to the grantee’s bloodlines – Viking/Norse by the torque, French by the fleurs-de-lis at the tips. |