Caudebec in America / A Record of the Descendants of Jacques Caudebec 1700 to 1920

The Caudebec Coat-of-Arms is a pointed, oval azure, two metal shield, with an ( or ) gold embattled mural crown or crest.
Across the face of the shield area charges: three argent finned smelts naiant, placed one above the other.
Near the point of the shield is an argent (silver) daisy.
From this, a wreath of or (gold) encircles the shield, reaching nearly the crest.
On the sinister side of the shield, this wreath is a laurel branch, on the dexter side, an olive branch. (In heraldry, dexter (right) and sinister (left), denote the right and left sides respectively, of the shield in the position as the wearer views it, and not as viewed by a distant observer). On some of the Caudebec Coat-of-Arms, the laurel and the olive branches are crossed at or near the shield point, and are tied by a bow of ribbon.
The azure (sky blue), the royal color of the Bourbons, predominates in French shields, and denotes justice and loyalty.
The argent denotes purity.
The or denotes stability and worth.
The smelts were peculiarly and pleasingly flavored fish, with pale green back, and silvery white lower part.
It has been said that the presence of fish on Coat-of-Arms, denoted a predominant occupation of an early period.
The olive and laurel denote peace and victory.