The Venture Badge
Blazon
Barry wavy argent and azure on which a pile of the first fimbriated or charged with a maple leaf gules bearing a naval crown or, sails argent.
Significance
The field of wavy white and blue lines refers to the sea. The gold V-shaped device, called a fimbriation of the pile, has a compound meaning: first it stands for Venture; next it is the symbol expressing growth or radiation in design.
A third meaning may be found in reference to a chevron inverted. The chevron in heraldry is frequently used to suggest a building, as the word chevron is french for rafter. The chevron inverted may be used therefore to represent the hull of a ship. The last reference is to the famous Churchillian symbol of Victory.
The maple leaf refers to Canada and the naval crown, of course, to the Navy. The general idea of the whole design is that young Canadians attending HMCS Venture will, upon graduation, venture forth across the seven seas.
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