The Viceregal Lion
  1. The Governor General of Canada
Heraldry Today

The contents of this Register are intended for research purposes only. The heraldic emblems found in the Register may not be reproduced in any form or in any media without the written consent of the Canadian Heraldic Authority and/or the recipient.

Ian Charles Steingaszner

Toronto, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Badge
June 26, 1997
Vol. III, p. 179

Click on each image to enlarge. The blazon and symbolism for each element will accompany the enlarged image.


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