They fell out of use when Nova Scotia joined Confederation in 1867, but were restored in 1929 (see below).
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The shield, a blue saltire on a white field, is a simple reversal of the Scottish flag (a white saltire, Saint Andrew's cross, on a blue field). It is also charged with an inescutcheon bearing the royal arms of Scotland, a gold shield with a red rampant lion in a double border decorated with fleurs de lis.
The crest is two hands, one naked and the other clad in armor, holding a thistle, the emblem of Scotland, and laurel.
The crest is referred to in the motto, placed above the shield in a Scottish tradition, which reads Munit haec et altera vincit (One [hand] defends and the other conquers).
The supporters are the unicorn from the royal arms of Scotland which is now borne by the British monarchy, and a member of the Mi'kmaq First Nation indigenous to Nova Scotia, who in the heraldic language of the 17th century was blazoned a "savage."
The compartment includes thistles as well as the trailing arbutus or mayflower, the floral emblem of Nova Scotia, added when the arms were reassumed in 1929.Description
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The 1867-1929 shield may be blazoned Or, on a fess wavy azure a salmon between three thistles slipped and leaved proper.
The current coat is blazoned as follows:
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(Note: The Royal Arms of Scotland are, in turn, blazoned Or a lion rampant within a double tressure fleury-counter-fleury gules.)Other Canadian coats of arms
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