Coat of Arms of Nova Scotia 

Former coat of arms

The old arms having been forgotten by Confederation in 1867, a new coat of arms was prepared. This had a salmon on a blue band between three thistles, on a gold field. When the old coat of arms was rediscovered, pressure to restore it grew, and it was reassumed in 1929, with the newer coat being abandoned.

The 1867-1929 shield may be blazoned Or, on a fess wavy azure a salmon between three thistles slipped and leaved proper.

Blazon

The current coat is blazoned as follows:

Argent a cross of St. Andrew Azure charged with an escutcheon of the Royal Arms of Scotland.

(Note: The Royal Arms of Scotland are, in turn, blazoned Or a lion rampant within a double tressure fleury-counter-fleury gules.)

The crest: On a wreath of the colours, a branch of laurel and a thistle issuing from two hands conjoined the one being armed and the other naked all proper.

The supporters: On the dexter an Unicorn Argent armed crined and unguled Or, and gorged with a Coronet composed of crosses patee and fleurs-de-lis, a chain affixed thereto passing through the forelegs and reflexed over the back Gold. And on the sinister a Savage holding in the exterior hand an arrow.

The motto: Munit haec et altera vincit.

Other Canadian coats of arms

Canada - Alberta[?] - British Columbia[?] - Manitoba[?] - New Brunswick - Newfoundland and Labrador[?] - Northwest Territories[?] - Nunavut - Ontario[?] - Quebec - Prince Edward Island - Saskatchewan - Yukon[?]

See also

• Nova Scotia
• Flag of Nova Scotia[?]
• List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols
• Heraldry

External Links

• Coat of Arms (Armorial Achievement) - Government of Nova Scotia (http://www.gov.ns.ca/legi/pubs/provhouse/symbols/coat.htm)

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