Length: 18.0cm x Width: 14.8cm x Height: 4.0cm
A HMCS Ottawa metal crest mounted on a wooden plaque. The crest is circular in shape with a painted gold edge resembling a robe. There are 3 maple leaves at the bottom of the edge, followed by 1 red and 2 greens. The centre of the crest has a red background with 5 wavy diagonal lines in a repeating white and blue pattern. On top of the wavy lines is a gold coloured beaver with a birch branch. At the top of the crest is a gold crown with the sterns of 3 ships in it and 2 white sails between the ships. Below the crown, there is the word "Ottawa" in red lettering on a white background. The back of the plaque has a plain wooden surface.
Blazon, Badge: Gules a bend wavy Argent charged with two bendlets wavy Azure surmounted by a beaver couchant Or its sinister forepaw resting on a log of silver birch proper;
Motto: EGOR BEOFOR;
Symbolism_Badge: The beaver on a log of wood is taken from the unofficial pre-war and war-time badge of HMCS Ottawa. The white and blue wavy bend represents the Ottawa River after which the ship is named. The red field is a reference to the Aboriginal Outaouais people, “redskin” being a term in common use when the badge was first designed.
Motto: Meaning “Sea Beaver”.
Heraldic Description: Canadian Navy HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341), frigate badge (crest). Gules a bend wavy Argent charged with two cotises wavy Azure over all a beaver Or the sinister forepaw resting on a log of silver birch proper. Significance: The design is derived from the unofficial pre-war and war-time badge of Ottawa, a beaver on a log of wood. The white and blue wavy bend represents the Ottawa River after which the ship is named. The red field is intended to refer to those Outaouais or Ottawans who travelled this river and from whom the name was derived.
