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'''NOVA SCOTIA''' | '''NOVA SCOTIA''' | ||
[[File:novascotia.jpg|center| | [[File:novascotia.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Argent a saltire Azure, overall on an escutcheon Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules.<br> | '''Arms''' : Argent a saltire Azure, overall on an escutcheon Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules.<br> | ||
'''Crest''': A branch of laurel and a thistle issuing from two hands conjoined, the dexter gauntleted in armour, all proper. <br> | '''Crest''': A branch of laurel and a thistle issuing from two hands conjoined, the dexter gauntleted in armour, all proper. <br> | ||
'''Supporters''': Dexter a unicorn Argent armed crined and unguled Or, crowned with the Royal Crown of Scotland proper, and gorged with a coronet composed of crosses patté and fleurs-de-lis a chain affixed thereto and reflexed Or, sinister a 17th-century representation of a North American Indian holding in the sinister hand an arrow proper, both standing on a grassy mound Vert set with thistles and mayflowers slipped and leaved proper. <br> | '''Supporters''': Dexter a unicorn Argent armed crined and unguled Or, crowned with the Royal Crown of Scotland proper, and gorged with a coronet composed of crosses patté and fleurs-de-lis a chain affixed thereto and reflexed Or, sinister a 17th-century representation of a North American Indian holding in the sinister hand an arrow proper, both standing on a grassy mound Vert set with thistles and mayflowers slipped and leaved proper. <br> | ||
'''Motto''': MUNIT HAEC ET ALTERA VINCIT | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': MUNIT HAEC ET ALTERA VINCIT | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on May 28, 1625 and again on July 20, 2007. | The arms were officially granted on May 28, 1625 and again on July 20, 2007. | ||
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[[File:novascotia1.jpg|center]] | [[File:novascotia1.jpg|center]] | ||
The official | The official blazon is : Or on a fess wavy Azure between three thistles proper, a salmon naiant Argent | ||
In 1929 these arms were abolished. | In 1929 these arms were abolished. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:novascotia.wesa.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of the British Empire (small)|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1910 | |align="center"|[[File:novascotia.wesa.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of the British Empire (small)|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1910 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:1999.aba.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:1999.aba.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | ||
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[[Literature]] : Image from http://www.gg.ca | [[Literature]] : Image from http://www.gg.ca | ||
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[[Category:Canadian provinces]] | [[Category:Canadian provinces]] | ||