The Dalhousie University Coat of Arms (also referred to as the 'Dalhousie Seal') is based on the heraldic achievement of the Ramsay family of Scotland. The Rt. Hon. George Ramsay, Lieutenant-Governor ...

Now ubiquitous in public life, heraldry was born out of necessity. Today, it is still everywhere, from the coats of arms of town councils to the shields on school blazers and even in private exchanges ...

Definition of "coat of arms": an arrangement of bearings, usually depicted on and around a shield, that indicates ancestry and distinctions. In scarlet red and white, this coat of arms uses elements ...