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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Crown represents service to the Sovereign. The badge incorporates the shield, the horse, the steer and the roses, thistles and shamrocks as adopted by the City of Calgary in 1902. “KING’S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT” is a form of the regimental title, and “ONWARD” is the motto of the regiment.
The Blazon of the Badge was confirmed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority on October 4, 2004.
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THE KING'S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT (RCAC), CANADIAN ARMY

Coat of arms (crest) of the The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC), Canadian Army

Official blazon

Badge: On a shield Argent a cross Gules surmounted by a maple leaf in autumnal tints charged with a bison statant on a mound, on a chief the local landscape at sunset all proper, the shield ensigned by the Royal Crown, supported dexter by a horse, sinister by a steer, adorned beneath with a rose between shamrocks and thistles all proper, the whole set upon three scrolls Or, the upper one inscribed with the motto ONWARD and the two below inscribed KING’S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT in letters Azure.

Origin/meaning

The Crown represents service to the Sovereign. The badge incorporates the shield, the horse, the steer and the roses, thistles and shamrocks as adopted by the City of Calgary in 1902. “KING’S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT” is a form of the regimental title, and “ONWARD” is the motto of the regiment.

The Blazon of the Badge was confirmed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority on October 4, 2004.

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