Badge of Le Régiment de la Chaudière
Badge of Le Régiment de la Chaudière
Blazon
Two machine guns in saltire muzzles upward Argent ensigned by a fleur-de-lis Or issuant from a beaver couchant proper and above a scroll Gules inscribed AERE PERENNIUS between two maple leaves Argent;
Symbolism
The maple leaves and beaver represent service to Canada. The fleur-de-lis is an emblem of the province of Quebec and was the central device of the badge of Le Régiment de Beauce. The Vickers guns are of the type used by the regiment when it was reclassified as a machine gun regiment in 1936. “AERE PERENNIUS” is the motto of the regiment.
Motto of Le Régiment de la Chaudière
Blazon
AERE PERENNIUS;
Symbolism
AERE PERENNIUS, meaning “More lasting than bronze”.
