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Daniel Heath Justice

Vancouver, British Columbia
Grant of Arms, Flag and Badge
June 15, 2012
Vol. VI, p. 146

Badge of Daniel Heath Justice

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Blazon

Badge

On a birchbark lozenge a badger’s face proper surmounting two quills in saltire Gules between two thistles in pale and two columbine flowers in fess proper;


Symbolism

Badge

The badge repeats the badger symbolism of the crest with another reference to Prof. Justice’s work as a writer and teacher. The thistles refer to the Scottish heritage of Prof. Justice’s partner, Kent Dunn, and the columbine flowers, the state flower of Colorado, refers to Prof. Justice’s original home.