Honourable Artillery Company
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HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY
Official blazon
Arms: Argent, a cross gules (being that of St. George) charged with a lion passant guardant Or (being part of the Royal Arms of England); on a chief azure a portcullis of the third between two ostrich feathers erect of the field.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, A dexter arm embowed in armour, the gauntlet grasping a pike in bend sinister Or, between two dragons' wings argent each charged with a cross gules.
Supporters: On the dexter side a pikeman, armed and accoutred, supporting with the exterior hand a pike erect proper; and on the sinister side a musketeer with his matchlock, bandoleers and rest, all proper.
Motto: Arms pacis fulcra
Origin/meaning
The first arms were officially granted on August 25, 1537 (?, the date of the Charter of the Company) and the current arms granted on April 30, 1821.
The oldest known use of arms for the company dates from 1538 and these arms show a Cross of St. George with a lion passant of England. The company was a successor of the old Guild of St. George, which explains the cross. It is not sure whether the arms were part of the Charter of 1537.
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