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Mark Murray de Weerdt

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Grant of Arms and Badge
October 24, 1994
Vol. II, p. 357

Arms of Mark Murray de Weerdt
Badge of Mark Murray de Weerdt
Arms of Mark Murray de Weerdt

Arms of Mark Murray de Weerdt

Blazon

Azure a compass rose of sixteen points Or charged with a maple leaf Gules on a chief Sable supported by a fillet wavy Argent four suns in splendour Or;

Crest of Mark Murray de Weerdt

Blazon

Issuant from a circle of maple leaves Gules alternating with mountain avens slipped and leaved proper a demi gyrfalcon wings displayed Argent embellished Azure holding in the beak an ansul Gules;

Motto of Mark Murray de Weerdt

Blazon

DROIT SOIT FAIT, meaning "That right might be done";
Badge of Mark Murray de Weerdt

Badge of Mark Murray de Weerdt

Blazon

A demi lion Sable winged Argent armed and langued Gules gorged with a coronet érablé Or its nether part a whale's tail Argent;

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on April 22, 1995 in Volume 129, page 1190 of the Canada Gazette.
Letters patent granting heraldic emblems to Mark Murray de Weerdt

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Original concept of Mark Murray de Weerdt (Arms) and Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada (Badge), assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter

Joan Bouwmeester

Calligrapher

Joan Bouwmeester

Recipient Type

Individual