Arms of Scott Martin Lang

Blazon

Lozengy Azure and Gules two horses’ heads couped, addorsed and conjoined, on a chief Argent a grenade Sable enflamed Gules between two pellets each charged with a fess Argent;

Symbolism

Red and blue are the colours of the Royal Canadian Artillery, in which Mr. Lang serves. The horse’s heads represent the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. They also allude to his wife’s and his mother’s maiden names, the Anglo-Saxon surname Hinxman, derived from Henchman, meaning “one who attends to horses”, and the Gaelic surname MacEachern, which translates as “son of the Horse Lords”. The blue and red diamond pattern suggests the harlequin costumes worn by stock comic actors in Italian commedia dell’arte and is a reference to Mr. Lang’s early work as a clown. The two black balls carrying the white strip symbolize the clown’s talent of juggling, while the enflamed grenade alludes to his chosen profession as an artilleryman.