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Michael Swanson
 
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Michael Swanson
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23 June 2006 09:13
 

http://www.policepatchcentral.com/University of Michigan Police.jpg

What are those six things sticking out from the side of the shield.

 
 
Jim Pelletier
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23 June 2006 10:29
 

Michael Swanson wrote:

What are those six things sticking out from the side of the shield.


Could they be allusions to the three black stripes on a Ph.D.‘s robe?

 
 
Michael F. McCartney
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26 June 2006 16:42
 

Possibly they represent clouds?  (Not anything we’d traditinally see, but its all I can think of!)

 
 
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26 June 2006 18:00
 

How about a bad rendition of sun’s rays coming from behind the shield? Do we have a better drwaing of the achievement?

 
 
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26 June 2006 18:35
 

Stuart wrote:

How about a bad rendition of sun’s rays coming from behind the shield? Do we have a better drwaing of the achievement?

I think Stuart may have hit the nail on the head here:

http://www.regents.umich.edu/images/sealTransp.gif

This is the actual seal of the University of Michigan.

 
 
   
 
 
Sanctioned Heraldry Presidential coat of arms