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725 (Glace Bay) Communication Squadron
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Approval of a Badge
February 20, 2009
Vol. V, p. 426
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Blazon
Badge
Argent four Marconi communication towers Sable issuant from a base per fess crested Or and Azure;
Motto
COMMUNICATIONES CUM PERSEVERANTIA;
Symbolism
Badge
The design evokes the rich history of communications in Glace Bay, especially the role that the community played in trans-Atlantic communications. It honours the work of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) who, in December 1902, transmitted the first complete wireless messages to Poldhu, Cornwall, from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
Motto
Meaning “Communications with persistence”.