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Blazon

Blazon Azure, within a representation of the wampum of the Iroquois nation, another of the head of the mace used at the sitting of the first Parliament of Upper Canada in 1792, both proper.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

This design displays a representation of the Wampum of the Iroquois nation, of which the Onondagas were members and known as the Keepers of the Wampum. It is referred to as the Magna Carta of the League of the Iroquois, constructed at the foundation of the League about 1580 and handed down through a line of hereditary custodians until 1930. The mace head is an indirect reference to the schooner Onondaga, a ship of HM Provincial Marine on Lake Ontario, which had a part in the convening of the first Parliament of Upper Canada at Newark in 1792, and also in the founding of York in 1793.

Remarks

Oberon Class Submarine

Motto

Invicta ("Unconquered")

Colours

White and blue

Battle Honours

None

References

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

CFP 267 - Badges of the Canadian Forces, Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977.