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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Badge: Gules on a grenade Or the Royal Crown proper all within an annulus Gules edged and inscribed LES FUSILIERS DE SHERBROOKE in letters Or and ensigned by a beaver couchant proper the whole surmounting a maple leaf above a scroll Or inscribed with the Motto.<br> | |||
Motto: DROIT AU BUT. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The maple leaf and beaver represent service to Canada, and the crown, service to the Sovereign. The grenade alludes to the original role of fusiliers, who were soldiers specially equipped to escort artillery trains. Gold indicates the badge’s origins as a metal cap badge. Scarlet is the traditional colour of the army. “LES FUSILIERS DE SHERBROOKE” is the regimental title and “DROIT AU BUT” is the motto of the regiment. The Motto translates as “To the point”. | |||
The Blazon of the badge was confirmed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority on August 15, 2008. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/canadian-forces-badges/ | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of Canada]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of Canada]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
Revision as of 13:40, 11 October 2023
LES FUSILIERS DE SHERBROOKE, CANADIAN ARMY
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Official blazon
Badge: Gules on a grenade Or the Royal Crown proper all within an annulus Gules edged and inscribed LES FUSILIERS DE SHERBROOKE in letters Or and ensigned by a beaver couchant proper the whole surmounting a maple leaf above a scroll Or inscribed with the Motto.
Motto: DROIT AU BUT.
Origin/meaning
The maple leaf and beaver represent service to Canada, and the crown, service to the Sovereign. The grenade alludes to the original role of fusiliers, who were soldiers specially equipped to escort artillery trains. Gold indicates the badge’s origins as a metal cap badge. Scarlet is the traditional colour of the army. “LES FUSILIERS DE SHERBROOKE” is the regimental title and “DROIT AU BUT” is the motto of the regiment. The Motto translates as “To the point”.
The Blazon of the badge was confirmed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority on August 15, 2008.
Literature: Image from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/canadian-forces-badges/
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