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Royal Canadian Navy

Ottawa, Ontario
Approval of a Queen's Colour
December 15, 2016
Vol. VI, p. 658

Queen's Colour of the Royal Canadian Navy
Queen's Colour of the Royal Canadian Navy Queen's Colour of the Royal Canadian Navy

Queen's Colour of the Royal Canadian Navy

Blazon

Argent Her Majesty The Queen’s own device (a hurt charged with the capital letter “E” ensigned by the Royal Crown, the whole encircled by a chaplet of roses leaved Or), between in dexter chief a canton of the National Flag of Canada and in sinister base the central device of the badge of the Royal Canadian Navy (a fouled anchor) ensigned by a naval coronet Azure;

Symbolism

The personal device of Her Majesty The Queen identifies the flag as a Queen’s Colour. The National Flag of Canada indicates the country, and the anchor and the naval coronet symbolize the Royal Canadian Navy.

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on March 25, 2017 in Volume 151, page 1307 of the Canada Gazette.
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