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Brant County

Brant, County of

A lapel pin in the shape of a coat of arms. The top of the shield depicts a wagon wheel flaked by two sheaves of wheat. The lower section of the shield depicts an indigenous person fishing. On top of the shield is a black bear. Below the shield are two banners. The top banner reads Fidelitas et Industria. The bottom banner reads County of Brant.

Brant County takes its name from Joseph Brant, a Mohawk leader who was a member of the Iroquois Confederacy. Brant led Mohawk warriors, and colonial volunteers during the American Revolution. After the war, Brant and his followers received land grants in the area that is now the Six Nations Reserve.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

Other Brant Pins

A round lapel pin featuring a coat of arms on a yellow background. A border around the pin has the name “The Corporation of the County of Brant” and the date 1999. The shield on the coat of arms features a top third with two sheaves of wheat on either side of a wagon wheel. The lower two thirds depict an indigenous Canadian fishing. On the top of the shield is a black bear. A banner below the shield reads “Fidelitas et industria”.

Donated by Kirby Roberts

Brantford, City of

Why a daffodil for their pin? It has been the city's official floral emblem since 1919. It was chosen because it looks like the candlestick telephone which was conceived of by Alexander Graham Bell in Brantford.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

Other Brantford Pins

Donated by Brandan Chowan

A lapel pin shaped like a red candlestick telephone with the word Brantford on the base.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

Former Municipalities

A round lapel pin with the words Township of Onondaga Municipality around the border. In the centre a hand plow tills a large field while a large red bard sits in the background beneath a lightly clouded sky. At the bottom, a red banner reads incorporated 1853.

Onondaga, Township of

A lapel pin for the former Township of Onondaga which was amalgamated into Brant County on January 1, 1999.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

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