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Medicine Hat, Alberta
Grant of Arms and Supporters
January 26, 1998
Vol. III, p. 218
Arms of Horace Andrew (Bud) OlsonBlazonPer fess Azure and Or in chief the maces of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada in saltire ensigned by a coronet érablé Or in base four cattle heads affronty one two and one Gules; |
CrestBlazonA demi lion per fess Gules and Azure wearing a coronet Argent the upper rim set with wild rose flowers proper holding in the dexter paw a rattlesnake Or; |
MottoBlazonTO STRIVE TO SERVE; |
SupportersBlazonOn a mound of Prairie grassland proper two pronghorn antelopes Or and Argent branded on the flank " — Z — " Gules charged on the breast with a cross Moline Azure; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on January 30, 1999 in Volume 133, page 180 of the Canada Gazette.   |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterJoan Bouwmeester CalligrapherJoan Bouwmeester Recipient TypeIndividual Special DesignationLieutenant Governor |