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HMCS Summerside

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Approval of a Badge
September 1, 1997
Vol. III, p. 394

Badge of HMCS Summerside

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Blazon

Badge

Gules a demi sun in splendour Or issuant in base charged with an island Vert to the sinister an oak tree fructed to the dexter thereof three oak saplings sprouting all proper the island rising out of barry wavy Or and Gules;


Symbolism

Badge

The sun and the wavy bars recall summer and waves, thus alluding to the ship’s name. The island and the oak trees are found in the arms of Prince Edward Island, where the city of Summerside is located.