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Blazon

Azure, a crusader's shield bearing in the first canton a maple leaf gules for Canada.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

This badge differs little from its original RN counterpart. Only the addition a red maple leaf in the first canton of the shield belies the change. This cross, the Cross of St. George, was traditionally the emblem that the Crusade; carried when they went to the Holy Land to defeat the Infidels.

Remarks

Crusader was a 'C' class destroyer. Originally HMS Crusader, she was commissioned into the RCN in November 1945. She wore pennant R20, then 228 until she was paid off in January 1960.

Motto

By this sign we conquer

Colours

White and red

Battle Honours

Belgian Coast, 1914-1916; Korea, 1952-1953.

References

Badges Of The Canadian Navy by Arbuckle, J. Graeme. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1987.