- The Governor General of Canada
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Michael Walter Elliston Allen
Victoria, British Columbia
Grant of Arms
September 6, 1994
Vol. II, p. 350
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Blazon
Arms
Argent on a saltire Azure two swords points upwards Argent hilted and pommelled Or surmounted by a dogwood flower Argent seeded Or;
Crest
Issuant from a coronet of a rim Or set alternately with dogwood flowers Argent seeded Or and Garry Oak leaves Vert a demi lion Or armed and langued Azure charged on each shoulder with a rose Gules barbed Vert seeded Or bearing in its paws a hurt charged with a saltire cross humetty Argent;
Motto
TRIUMPHAVI SUPER ARDUA. This Latin phrase means "I have triumphed over adversity".
Symbolism
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