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Gary Harold Rice

Carleton Place, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Flag and Badge, with differences to Steven Ray Rice, Terri Lynn Rice and Jeffrey Allan Rice
January 15, 2003
Vol. IV, p. 268

Badge of Gary Harold Rice

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Blazon

Badge

A closed book per saltire Gules and Argent surmounting a sword fesswise hilt to the dexter Azure;


Symbolism

Badge

The idea of the badge is to underline Colonel Rice's career as a military officer as well as his accomplishments as an author. Included also is an additional reference to Scotland (his great-grandparents' birthplace) and Nova Scotia (Mrs. Rice's birthplace), through the diagonal division which echoes the saltire cross on the Nova Scotian and Scottish flags.