- The Governor General of Canada
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John Edwin Ruch
Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Arms
October 1, 1990
Vol. II, p. 428
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Blazon
Arms
Or a rough haired dog's head erased Sable gorged with a collar Or pendant therefrom an escutcheon Or charged with a fleur-de-lis Gules and bearing in its mouth a shepherd's crook bendwise Gules;
Crest
Wthin a Loyalist military coronet Or a rock Sable thereon a rook wings addorsed and inverted Sable beaked and membered Gules holding in its beak a feather Or quilled Gules each foot shackled with an annulet Or;
Motto
IMMER HÖHER RÜCKEN. This German phrase means "Ever striving higher".
Symbolism
In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on December 1, 1990, in Volume 124, page 4066 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of John Edwin Ruch, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Donald Hallman
Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge
Recipient Information
Individual