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Edwin John Duder

St. John’s, Newfoundland
Registration of Arms
June 15, 2015
Vol. VI, p. 509

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Blazon

Arms

Per pale, dexter, per fess indented Gules and Argent three eagles’ legs erased claws to the chief counterchanged, each grasping an escallop Or (Duder); sinister, Azure a chevron Or between in chief two bears’ heads couped Argent muzzled Gules and in base a horse courant Argent (Steed);

Crest

Upon a rock an eagle’s leg erased claws upward proper grasping an escallop Gules;

Motto

ACTA NON VERBA;


Symbolism

Arms

Not available.

Crest

Not available.

Motto

This Latin phrase means “Action not words”;


Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on October 3, 2015, in Volume 149, page 2337 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Not available.

Painter
Artist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres

Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet


Recipient Information

Individual

The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded at the College of Arms, London, England, 16 July 1884. The grant document assigned to the grantee impaled arms representing him (to the dexter) and the late William Steed, father of his wife Margaret Eliza Steed (to the sinister).