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Bank of Montreal

Montréal, Quebec
Registration of Arms and Supporters
November 16, 1992
Vol. II, p. 138

Arms of the Bank of Montreal

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Blazon

Arms

Argent a saltire Gules between in chief a rose of the last barbed, seeded, leaved and slipped in base a beaver to the sinister and in fess a thistle leaved and slipped and a sprig of shamrock proper a bordure per pale Sable and Vert;

Crest

Upon a log of maple fesswise sprouting a beaver proper;

Supporters

Upon a grassy mound on either side an Indigenous person to the dexter in full dress holding in the exterior hand a calumet and raising the other hand to the forehead the sinister in hunting dress holding in the exterior hand a bow all proper;

Motto

CONCORDIA SALUS. This Latin phrase means "Harmony is salvation".


Symbolism

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