HMCS Calgary, Royal Canadian Navy

HMCS CALGARY, ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY

Official blazon

Badge: Or on a bend wavy Azure a bendlet wavy Argent the whole surmounted by a bow fesswise overall an arrow palewise point in chief Sable.
Motto: ONWARD.

Origin/meaning

The gold is representative of the fertile grain fields of the area and the bend wavy indicative of the Bow River which flows through Calgary. The bow is in acknowledgment of the First Peoples of the area.

Literature: Image from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/canadian-forces-badges/

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