- The Governor General of Canada
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Ian Charles Steingaszner
Toronto, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Badge
June 26, 1997
Vol. III, p. 179
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Blazon
Arms
Azure an eagle displayed Or armed beaked and charged on the breast and on each wing with a horseshoe Gules;
Crest
Issuant from a coronet Or its upper rim set alternately with bezants and crosses pattée Gules a stag's head Argent attired Or;
Motto
PERPETUUS ET VERUS. This Latin phrase means "Eternal and true".
Badge
On a bezant a horse's head erased Sable within a horseshoe reversed Gules;
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 November 22, 1997, in Volume 131, page 3590 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Graham Anderson, Cowichan Herald Extraordinary, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Joan Ouellette
Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge
Recipient Information
Individual