Hudson's Bay Company coat of arms, photographed on the wall of the HBC (the Bay) building in downtown <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achievement_(heraldry)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Achievement (heraldry) (page does not exist)">Heraldic achievement</a> of Hudson's Bay Company:<br><i>Argent, a cross gules between four <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Beaver" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaver">beavers</a> passant <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tincture_(heraldry)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tincture (heraldry) (page does not exist)">proper</a></i>. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crest_(heraldry)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Crest (heraldry) (page does not exist)">Crest</a>: <i>On a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cap_of_Maintenance&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Cap of Maintenance (page does not exist)">chapeau gules turned up ermine</a> a squirrel sejant proper</i>.  <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supporter_(heraldry)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Supporter (heraldry) (page does not exist)">Supporters</a>: <i>Two bucks proper</i>. Latin <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Motto" class="mw-redirect" title="Motto">Motto</a>: <i>pro pelle cutem</i> ("skin for leather")<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> apparently a play on <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Job" title="Book of Job">Job</a>, 2:4: <i>Pellem pro pelle</i><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> "skin for skin".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
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