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.
The English arms of the Earls of Selborne (surname Palmer), with greyhounds.
From Canada, the arms of Douglas G. Bassett (granted 2009), with a canting crest.
And from Scotland, the arms of the Very Rev Iain Torrance (granted 2016), with his pet dachshunds Cassiopea (dexter) and Maud (sinister) as supporters.
International Dog Day
- Arthur Radburn
- Posts: 1331
- Joined: 11 Jul 2012, 09:56
International Dog Day
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Last edited by Arthur Radburn on 28 Aug 2018, 16:32, edited 1 time in total.
Regards
Arthur Radburn
Arthur Radburn
- JMcMillan
- Posts: 613
- Joined: 13 Jul 2012, 22:33
- Location: United States
Re: International Dog Day
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!"
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Joseph McMillan
Alexandra, Virginia, USA
Alexandra, Virginia, USA
- Jeremy Fox
- Posts: 56
- Joined: 19 Dec 2017, 15:14
- Contact:
Re: International Dog Day
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/
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/
- Michael F. McCartney
- Posts: 437
- Joined: 24 Apr 2015, 23:34
Re: International Dog Day
Really like the houn' dawg and bear!!
.,.and curious re: the unit lineage.
.,.and curious re: the unit lineage.
Michael F. McCartney
Fremont, California
Fremont, California
- JMcMillan
- Posts: 613
- Joined: 13 Jul 2012, 22:33
- Location: United States
Re: International Dog Day
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.
Joseph McMillan
Alexandra, Virginia, USA
Alexandra, Virginia, USA
- Michael F. McCartney
- Posts: 437
- Joined: 24 Apr 2015, 23:34
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 24 guests