Institutional Heraldry
Serbian National Defense in Canada
Organisation of the Serbian diaspora in Canada
- Bearer
- Serbian National Defense in Canada
- Motto
- Only unity saves the Serbs
The Serbian National Defence is a patriotic organisation of the Serbian diaspora in Canada. Its emblem combines the Canadian maple leaf and the lesser arms of Serbia, framed by a motto written on ribbons.
Blazon
Device
A red maple leaf edged with blue, over which are the lesser arms of the Republic of Serbia: a silver double-headed eagle with a red shield, silver cross and firesteels on its breast, beneath a crown; above and below blue ribbons with the white inscriptions САМО СЛОГА and СРБИНА СПАСАВА.
Symbolism and meaning
The maple leaf denotes Canada as the new homeland, the Serbian arms the mother country, and the motto “Only unity saves the Serb”, the popular reading of the four firesteels on the cross, is a call to unity.
