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HMCS Calgary

Esquimalt, British Columbia
Confirmation of the blazon of a Badge
December 15, 2008
Vol. V, p. 383

Badge of H.M.C.S. Calgary

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Blazon

Badge

Or on a bend wavy Azure a bendlet wavy Argent the whole surmounted by a bow fesswise overall an arrow palewise point in chief Sable;

Motto

ONWARD;


Symbolism

Badge

The gold is representative of the fertile grain fields of the area and the bend wavy indicative of the Bow River which flows through Calgary. The bow is in acknowledgment of the First Peoples of the area.

Motto

Not applicable