Rideau Orders, Decorations and Medals Inc.

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Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Grant of Arms and Supporters
September 29, 1991
Vol. II, p. 126

Arms of Rideau Orders, Decorations and Medals Inc.
Arms of Rideau Orders, Decorations and Medals Inc.
 
Arms of Rideau Orders, Decorations and Medals Inc.

Arms of Rideau Orders, Decorations and Medals Inc.

Blazon

Gules semé of snowflakes in bend alternately Or and Argent;

Crest

Blazon

Issuant from a coronet composed of a rim Or set with diamonds proper and heightened with triangles alternating with hearts Gules a lion sejant affronté Or armed and langued Gules forelegs extended grasping in its dexter paw a male die and in its sinister paw a female die both engraved with a snowflake all argent;

Motto

Blazon

OPUS EXCELLENTIAE. This Latin phrase means "Work of excellence".

Supporters

Blazon

On a limestone wall proper issuant from barry wavy of five Azure and Argent dexter a hart Or its forelegs and hind quarters Argent unguled Or gorged with a collar of steel links proper pendant therefrom a fleur-de-lys Azure displaying in its sinister hoof a maple leaf Gules edged Or sinister a griffin Or its beak forelegs and hind quarters Argent armed Or gorged with a like collar pendant therefrom a trillium flower proper displaying in its dexter claw a like maple leaf;

 

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on November 23, 1991 in Volume 125, page 3770 of the Canada Gazette.

Letters patent granting heraldic emblems to Rideau Orders, Decorations and Medals Inc.

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter

Anatol Kozlowski

Calligrapher

Judith Bainbridge

Recipient Type

Civil Institution