The original Detroit Curling Club crest was patterned after
the City of Detroit’s seal. We are
unsure when it was adopted, but we do know that it was replaced by the current
crest in 1934. In 1805, fire destroyed
most of the settlement of Detroit. The City
of Detroit’s seal was originally sketched by J.O. Lewis in 1827. The motto “Speramus Meliora Resurget
Cineribus” is translated to “We hope for better things. It will arise from the ashes”.
The 14K gold pin above showing ‘DCC 1928’ is engraved on the
back: “Patron’s Prize Won by Mrs. Chas.
Boyle”. There was a Club member named
Charles Boyle in 1928. How or why this
pin was awarded; how many years that it may have been awarded are all unknown
to us. We have found no other references
to the “Patron’s Prize” since we have no Board minutes nor Scots Wha Hae issues (DCC newsletter) from this time-frame.
Bonspiels often award a pin to the winners. Above is the only DCC pin awarded in the
1930's that we have seen. Pin trading has
been popular among curlers since the 1920’s. Some teams in the mid-last-century had their own nickname and
designed their own pin for trading as the traveled to bonspiels. The Detroit
Polecats is one example from the Detroit Club.
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