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Royal Canadian Medical Service

Ottawa, Ontario
Approval of the Princess Royal’s Banner for the Royal Canadian Medical Service
July 15, 2013
Vol. VI, p. 264

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Blazon

Flag

Gules the Badge of the Royal Canadian Medical Service proper, in the canton the cypher of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Or;


Symbolism

Flag

This Royal Banner honours the exemplary achievements of the Service in Afghanistan. Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, is the Colonel-in-Chief of the Service.


Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 22, 2014, in Volume 148, page 657 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of Darrel Kennedy, Assiniboine Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Debra MacGarvie

Calligrapher
Shirley Mangione


Recipient Information

Military Institution
Military

See also the heraldic emblems approved under the names Canadian Forces Medical Services (Vol. VI, p. 199) and Royal Canadian Medical Service of the Canadian Armed Forces (Vol. VII, p. 138).