The Viceregal Lion
  1. 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