- The Governor General of Canada
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Friends of Austria
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Grant of Arms and Supporters
June 6, 2000
Vol. IV, p. 35
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Blazon
Arms
Gules on a fess Argent a maple leaf Gules;
Crest
Arising out of a coronet erablé Or the rim charged with edelweiss flowers proper a double headed eagle displayed Sable langued Gules;
Supporters
Upon either side of a grassy mound growing thereon edelweiss flowers and prairie crocus flowers proper a Lippizaner horse Argent crined and gorged of a coronet erablé Or the rim charged with edelweiss flowers proper pendant therefrom a bezant charged with a prairie crocus flower conjoined with two edelweiss flowers proper;
Motto
HISTORIA NOBILIS FUTURA BONA SPES;
Symbolism
Arms
Not available;
Crest
Not available;
Supporters
Not available;
Motto
This Latin phrase means "A noble history is hope for a good future."
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 24, 2001, in Volume 135, page 937 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Charles Maier, Athabaska Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Robert Grey
Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Cultural Organization