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Office of the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Grant of a Badge for use by Honorary Aides-de-Camp
May 20, 2011
Vol. VI, p. 50

Badge for the Office of the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia

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Blazon

Badge

The Royal Union Badge proper charged with a plate bearing the shield of the Arms of the province of Nova Scotia proper within maple leaves in orle Vert, the whole ensigned by the Royal Crown proper;


Symbolism

Badge

The design, created in the late 1940s, is a shield form of the flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, which dates from 1929. The Royal Crown indicates the role of the Honorary Aides-de-Camp in serving the Crown in Right of Nova Scotia.