- The Governor General of Canada
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Communications and Electronics Engineering – (Air) of the Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa, Ontario
Approval of a Badge
September 15, 2020
Vol. VII, p. 280
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Blazon
Badge
The figure of Mercury courant holding in his sinister arm a caduceus Argent all between two lightning flashes in pile Or, ensigned by the Royal Crown proper, environed by a laurel wreath Gules and flanked to the dexter by a wing fesswise Argent;
Symbolism
Badge
Mercury, the messenger of the gods, and the lightning flashes represent communications and electronics. The Royal Crown symbolizes service to the Sovereign. The badge frame composed of one or two wings, a laurel wreath and the Royal Crown is common to all trade and occupational badges of the Canadian Armed Forces.