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Joseph Michel Georges Gérard Pitre
Val-des-Monts, Quebec
Grant of Arms and Badge, with differences to Joseph Rosaire Jean-Michel Pitre and Marie Françoise Stéfanie Pitre
January 20, 2011
Vol. VI, p. 26
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Blazon
Arms
Azure a saltire bretessed voided throughout Or;
Crest
Issuant from a coronet erablé, a demi-stag Or attired and unguled Azure vulned Gules by an arrow Or flighted and barbed Azure;
Motto
PENNAS TUAS ERIPIAM;
Symbolism
Arms
The saltire is based on the coat of arms of Nova Scotia, the home of Mr. Pitre’s ancestors. The battlements recall that his father volunteered for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. The overall design alludes to Mr. Pitre’s career with the Canadian National Railway Company.
Crest
The stag pierced by an arrow refers to the fact that Mr. Pitre is an avid hunter.
Motto
Meaning “I will pluck your feathers”, this Latin phrase is taken from the French Canadian children’s song Alouette. Je te plumerai is also the motto of Squadron 425, of which Mr. Pitre’s father was a member.