International Dog Day

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Arthur Radburn
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International Dog Day

Postby Arthur Radburn » 27 Aug 2018, 19:12

Yesterday was International Dog Day. On the principle of "better late than never", here are a few heraldic hounds. Please feel free to add your own favourite heraldic canines.

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The English arms of the Earls of Selborne (surname Palmer), with greyhounds.

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From Canada, the arms of Douglas G. Bassett (granted 2009), with a canting crest.

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And from Scotland, the arms of the Very Rev Iain Torrance (granted 2016), with his pet dachshunds Cassiopea (dexter) and Maud (sinister) as supporters.
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Re: International Dog Day

Postby JMcMillan » 28 Aug 2018, 01:03

I just ran across this one today, the arms of the U.S. 203rd Engineer Battalion, formerly 203rd Coast Artillery Regiment, formerly the 2nd Missouri Infantry (no kidding; it's a long story) of the Missouri National Guard. The hound dog is blazoned officially as "a houn' dawg," a reference to the regiment's nickname as "The Houn' Dawg Regiment." Its battle cry is the Ozark equivalent of "Nemo me impune lacessit"-- "Don't kick our dog!"

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Re: International Dog Day

Postby Jeremy Fox » 28 Aug 2018, 14:59

There's a dog that's kept me guessing for a year or so.
I can't work out how to add a picture, but the puzzle is here https://heraldryofthewestcountry.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/a-question-for-you/

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Re: International Dog Day

Postby Michael F. McCartney » 30 Aug 2018, 08:36

Really like the houn' dawg and bear!!
.,.and curious re: the unit lineage.
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Re: International Dog Day

Postby JMcMillan » 30 Aug 2018, 13:21

Michael F. McCartney wrote:Really like the houn' dawg and bear!!
.,.and curious re: the unit lineage.


Well, the bear is the crest for all units of the Missouri National Guard, taken from the bears in the state arms (principal charge on the shield + two supporters).

As for lineage: the regiment began as infantry in the late 1800s, before there was a federally funded National Guard. When it was mobilized for WWI, it was broken up into four machine gun battalions, because that's what the Army decided it needed. After the war, when the National Guard was being reorganized, the machine gunners were turned into antiaircraft gunners. AAA was a function of the coast artillery, which may seem illogical, but from a mission point of view makes sense: it's all part of an integrated defense of strategic fixed sites and large areas. (The coast artillery was also in charge of laying sea mines to defend harbors, for example.) Finally, being National Guard, when Big Army decided they needed fewer AAA battalions and more engineers, the unit was converted to engineers, but through the whole thing (i.e., from the 1920s onward) kept the same coat of arms and distinctive insignia.
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Re: International Dog Day

Postby Michael F. McCartney » 31 Aug 2018, 02:24

Thanks! - Interesting history!!
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