A shield symbolizes the protective strength of true brotherhood and loyalty in defending against forces that destroy loving friendship.
The helmet is a sign of strength, courage, achievement, and discipline. The helmet symbolizes a willingness to fight for high ideals.
The lamp brings light to darkness and invites us to leadership, scholarship, and enlightenment.
The crown, a mark of sovereignty and victory, symbolizes great achievement, power, and the highest and most nearly perfect state of anything.
The Latin phrase, amicitia conitica, encourages us to develop loving and sincere interpersonal connections so that truly “we are woven together in friendship.” The Greek letters on the banner across the shield, Phi Delta Sigma, identify the Fraternity. These three letters are taken from the beginning, middle and end of the word philadelphos meaning “brotherly love,” “mutual love” or “love as brothers.”
While the color black signifies the dignity and strength of our fellowship, the gold surface of the shield represents the bond of friendship which binds together the members of this brotherhood.
A friend loves at all times, and brothers are born to share adversity” (Proverbs 17:17).