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Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Arms
October 1, 1990
Vol. II, p. 428
Arms of John Edwin RuchBlazonOr a rough haired dog's head erased Sable gorged with a collar Or pendant therefrom an escutcheon Or charged with a fleur-de-lis Gules and bearing in its mouth a shepherd's crook bendwise Gules; |
CrestBlazonWthin a Loyalist military coronet Or a rock Sable thereon a rook wings addorsed and inverted Sable beaked and membered Gules holding in its beak a feather Or quilled Gules each foot shackled with an annulet Or; |
MottoBlazonIMMER HÖHER RÜCKEN. This German phrase means "Ever striving higher". |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on December 1, 1990 in Volume 124, page 4066 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of John Edwin Ruch, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterDonald Hallman CalligrapherJudith Bainbridge Recipient TypeIndividual |