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Emma Bergman Campbell

Calgary, Alberta
Grant of Arms, Flags and Badge
November 26, 1997
Vol. III, p. 209

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Blazon

Arms

Per pale Argent and Gules a laurel leaf counterchanged a canton Gules charged with two maple leaves conjoined at the stem Argent;

Crest

Issuant from a coronet erablé Argent a bison's head affronté Sable armed Gules;

Motto

FLOREANT LAURUS NOBILES;

Flag

A banner of the Arms;

Flag

A hoist of the Arms a fly Or charged with the Crest and a bordure compony Argent and Sable on the outer edges;

Badge

Four laurel leaves in cross quarterly Gules and Argent counterchanged surmounted by a bison's head affronté Sable armed Gules;

Symbolism

Arms

Mrs. Campbell’s ancestral heritage is German, and the arms reflect her mother’s family, the surname of which is Nobbe. The bay leaf, botanically known as Laurus noblis, is a heraldic pun on the name “Nobbe”. The maple leaves represent the better home the family desired and for which they came to Canada to find. The red and white are the colours of the arms of her mother’s ancestral German home of Halberstadt as well as of Canada.

Crest

The buffalo’s head emerging from a maple leaf coronet recalls Mrs. Campbell’s birthplace, Winnipeg. The black, red and white allude to the colours of the imperial German flag, which flew above the birthplace of her mother and maternal grandparents.

Motto

This translates as “May the laurels flourish.”

Flag

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Flag

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Badge

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Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on July 22, 2000, in Volume 134, page 2262 of the Canada Gazette.

Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of Duane Galles, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Joan Bouwmeester

Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet

Recipient Information

Individual