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Le régiment de la Chaudière
Lévis, Quebec
Confirmation of the blazon of a Badge
June 20, 2008
Vol. V, p. 310
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Blazon
Badge
Two machine guns in saltire muzzles upward Argent ensigned by a fleur-de-lis Or issuant from a beaver couchant proper and above a scroll Gules inscribed AERE PERENNIUS between two maple leaves Argent;
Motto
AERE PERENNIUS;
Symbolism
Badge
The maple leaves and beaver represent service to Canada. The fleur-de-lis is an emblem of the province of Quebec and was the central device of the badge of Le Régiment de Beauce. The Vickers guns are of the type used by the regiment when it was reclassified as a machine gun regiment in 1936. “AERE PERENNIUS” is the motto of the regiment.
Motto
AERE PERENNIUS, meaning “More lasting than bronze”.