This particular set of coat of arms is found on a Canadian National Historic Site marker detailing the history of the Medicine Hat Clay Industries, in the Medalta Clay Historic District.
It is one of two such CNHS markers here.
The marker reads as follows:
"[Canada Coat of Arms]
MEDICINE HAT CLAY INDUSTRIES
During the first half of the 20th century, Medicine Hat was the center of the clay products industry in Western Canada. The industry was built on three essential elements: the presence of local clays suitable for both brick and pottery, a ready supply of natural gas for firing the kills, and the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883. The first brick plant was built in 1885 at the foot of the clay escarpment. By the end of the First World War, a string of factories had sprung up along the 1.2 kilometre length of the railway spur line. Pottery for domestic and commercial use, ceramic building tiles, sewer pipe, and porcelain insulators were made here and sold across Canada. By the 1960s the first of these plants shut down and by 1990 only brick continue to be produced. Many of the original buildings with their kilns and machinery have, however, survived. Together they preserve a unique industrial landscape that speaks to the importance of the industry to the economic development of Western Canada.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Government of Canada"
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The Arms of Canada (French: Armoiries du Canada), also known as the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada (French: armoiries royales du Canada) or, formally, as the Arms of His Majesty the King in Right of Canada (French: Armoiries de Sa Majesté le roi du Canada),[16] is, since 1921, the arms of dominion of the Canadian monarch and, thus, also the official coat of arms of Canada. It is closely modelled after the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, with French and distinctive Canadian elements replacing or added to those derived from the British version.
The maple leaves in the shield, blazoned "proper" (i.e. in natural colour), were originally drawn vert (green), but were redrawn gules (red) in 1957 and a circlet of the Order of Canada was added to the arms for limited use in 1987. The arms are registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority and protected under Crown copyright; they are used to signify national sovereignty and the federal government uses the arms to represent the state under the Federal Identity Program. Elements of the coat of arms are also used in other designs, with the shield design being used in the various royal standards belonging to members of the royal family and the governor general's flag, featuring the crest of the arms on a blue field.
Arms of His Majesty the King in Right of Canada
Armoiries de Sa Majesté le roi du Canada
Armiger
King Charles III in Right of Canada
Adopted
19 November 1921, last revised 12 July 1994
Crest
Upon a royal helmet, a lion passant guardant or imperially crowned proper and holding in the dexter paw a maple leaf gules.
Torse Argent and gules, the mantling gules doubled argent.
Blazon Tierced in fess, the first and second divisions containing the quarterly coat following, namely, 1st gules three lions passant guardant in pale or, 2nd, or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory gules, 3rd, azure a harp or stringed argent, 4th, azure three fleurs-de-lis or, and the third division being argent three maple leaves conjoined on one stem proper.
Supporters
Dexter: a lion or holding a lance argent, point or, flying therefrom to the dexter the Royal Union Flag,
Sinister: a unicorn argent armed, crined and unguled or, gorged with a coronet composed of crosses-patée and fleurs-de-lis a chain affixed thereto and reflexed or, holding a like lance flying therefrom to the sinister a banner azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis or.
Compartment
A wreath of roses, thistles, shamrocks, and lilies proper.
Motto
Latin: A Mari usque ad Mare, lit.?'from sea to sea'
Order(s)
The ribbon of the Order of Canada (Latin: Desiderantes meliorem patriam, lit. 'They desire a better country')
Other elements
The whole ensigned by the royal crown proper."