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Patch - Port Stanley Coat of Arms
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Museum
- Artifact Type
- Insignia Patch
- Manufacturer
- Muir Cap & Regalia Ltd.
- Storage Location
- Collections Storage
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Museum
- Collection
- Heritage Port Stanley Collection
- Artifact Type
- Insignia Patch
- Description
- This is a circular embroidered patch depicting the Port Stanley Coat of Arms. On reverse is a tag containing manufacturer information "The Muir Brand est 1875 Muir Cap & Regalia Ltd. Scarborough (Toronto) Canada".
- Category
- Communication Objects
- Sub-category
- Insignia
- Accession Number
- 022.043.016
- Storage Location
- Collections Storage
- Thickness
- 0.2
- Diameter
- 9
- Units
- cm
- Origin City
- Scarborough
- Origin Province
- Ontario
- Origin Country
- Canada
- Manufacturer
- Muir Cap & Regalia Ltd.
- Item History
- "Port Stanley Coat of Arms Arms: Argent a bend azure, three buck's heads caboosed (for the family of Stanley. Earl of Derby after whom Port Stanley was named). A chief azure, charged with a modern trading ship on waves of the sea, displaying the Canadian Ensign, surmounted in the middle chief by a green maple leaf. Crest: On a cap of maintenance, a three masted Great Lakes Schooner argent. Supporters: Two antelopes (for the family of Bostwick, Col. John Bostwick being the founder of Port Stanley). Motto: Virtue et Industria. The whole enclosed within a circle inscribed in base with the motto, and above with Port Stanley 1873 Ontario Canada". The coat of arms was designed by George Holliday before his death in 1954. The Oak Altar in Christ Church is in his memory.
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