City of Belleville

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Belleville, Ontario
Registration of Arms, Supporters and Badge
May 1, 1992
Vol. II, p. 168

Arms of the City of Belleville
Arms of the City of Belleville
Badge of the City of Belleville
 
Arms of the City of Belleville

Arms of the City of Belleville

Blazon

Gules a chevron barry wavy Argent and Azure between three bells Or on a chief also Or a book closed bound Azure edged gold between two Grand Trunk Locomotive engines tempore 1877 affronty upon rails with railway ties proper;

Crest

Blazon

Within a mural crown of stone environned by a circlet of maple leaves in their fall tints a demi beaver proper and a demi lion Or supporting between them a staff Azure ensigned by a maple leaf Or and flying therefrom a swallow tailed pennon of St. George;

Motto

Blazon

LOYALTY · TRADITION · PROGRESS;

Supporters

Blazon

A grassy mound per pale with ploughed ground all proper dexter a Mohawk man habited and accoutred as for war sinister a male settler of the early nineteenth century habited and holding in the exterior hand near the blade an axe all proper;

Badge of the City of Belleville

Badge of the City of Belleville

Blazon

On a plate a maple leaf slipped Gules throughout and overall a bell enclosed by an annulet embattled on the outer edge Or masoned Sable;

 

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on July 25, 1992 in Volume 126, page 2303 of the Canada Gazette.

Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of the City of Belleville

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Not available

Painter

Not applicable

Calligrapher

Not applicable

Recipient Type

Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government

Other Information

The recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 8 January 1982.