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David Richard Staples

Gagetown, New Brunswick
Grant of Arms
January 28, 1999
Vol. III, p. 297

Arms of David Richard Staples

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Blazon

Arms

Gules a caduceus between two staples Or on a chief Ermine a laurel wreath Vert ribboned Gules between two wolves' heads couped Sable langued Gules;

Crest

Issuant from a Loyalist civil coronet with rim Or maple leaves Gules and oak leaves Vert a mound also Vert thereon a paschal lamb proper with a nimbus Or conjoined with a cross formy Azure;

Motto

DEUS SUPREMUS EST. This Latin phrase means "God is supreme".


Symbolism

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