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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Princess Louise's - Armourial description — cap badge
Within a wreath of thistles on an outline of a maple leaf, a leopard's head full face, on a wreath an annulus inscribed "Argyll and Sutherland Canada," the Crown superimposed at the top of the annulus, and reflexed over and under the base of the annulus a scroll bearing the motto "Albainn Gu Brath."
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Princess Louise's - Meaning of the cap badge
Every item on the cap badge has a special significance as follows:
The Crown
symbolizes loyalty to the Queen and Colonel-in-Chief.
Thistle leaves
in the shape of a maple leaf, they symbolise loyalty to Canada and identifies the Argylls as a Canadian Highland regiment.
Thistles
there are nine thistles, and as in a cat (the leopard) having nine lives, they symbolise unwillingness to give up in the face of adversity. The thistle is the national flower of Scotland.
The leopard head
is from the clan crest of the first Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) WA Logie.
Belt
inscribed with the name of the regiment and joined in a circle it symbolizes unity and strength.
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