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City of Belleville
Belleville, Ontario
Registration of Arms, Supporters and Badge
May 1, 1992
Vol. II, p. 168
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Blazon
Arms
Gules a chevron barry wavy Argent and Azure between three bells Or on a chief also Or a book closed bound Azure edged gold between two Grand Trunk Locomotive engines tempore 1877 affronty upon rails with railway ties proper;
Crest
Within a mural crown of stone environned by a circlet of maple leaves in their fall tints a demi beaver proper and a demi lion Or supporting between them a staff Azure ensigned by a maple leaf Or and flying therefrom a swallow tailed pennon of St. George;
Supporters
A grassy mound per pale with ploughed ground all proper dexter a Mohawk man habited and accoutred as for war sinister a male settler of the early nineteenth century habited and holding in the exterior hand near the blade an axe all proper;
Motto
LOYALTY · TRADITION · PROGRESS;
Badge
On a plate a maple leaf slipped Gules throughout and overall a bell enclosed by an annulet embattled on the outer edge Or masoned Sable;
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 July 25, 1992, in Volume 126, page 2303 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available
Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government
The recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 8 January 1982.