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Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford

Winnipeg, Manitoba
Registration of Arms
June 1, 1999
Vol. III, p. 318

Arms of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford

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Blazon

Arms

Quarterly first Argent a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure second Or a dexter hand couped fessways proper holding a cross-crosslet fitchée Azure third Or a lymphad sails furled and oars in action Sable flagged Gules fourth barry wavy of six Argent and Azure a salmon naiant proper over all on a fess Vert a covered cup between two sprigs of three leaves of maple slipped Or all within a bordure compony Gules and Argent;

Crest

A dexter forearm paleways proper the hand holding a balance fessways together with a sprig of three leaves of maple slipped Or;

Motto

PER AQUAM ET TERRAM. This Latin phrase means "Through water and through land".


Symbolism

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