Kusza (pronounced Ku-Sha) is a Polish coat of arms.
| Kusza | |
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| Details | |
| Battle cry | NE CEDE ARDIUS (Yield Not Unto Difficulties)[citation needed] |
| Alternative names | NIEZAPOMINAJKA (Forget-Me-Not)[citation needed] |
| Families | several |
Families using the main variant of the coat are: Bystrycki,[1][2][3] Bystrzycki,[2] Korejwa or Koreywa,[1][2][3] Leszczynowicz,[3] Kosicki,[1] Kuszcz,[1][2][3] Kuszczyński,[1][2][3] Maszkiewicz,[1][2][3] Maślakiewicz,[1][2][3] Oławski,[1][2][3] and Otawski.[3]
History
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Blazon
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Variations
editThere are four variations of this coat of arms:
- KUSZA I "On a red field, a silver crossbow, without the arrow, and pointing downwards"
- KUSZA II "On a red field, a silver crossbow, without the arrow, pointing upwards"
- KUSZA III "On a red field, a silver crossbow, with a cyphered arrow, pointing upwards, and beneath the charge three silver chevrons (battons)"
- KUSZA IV "On a red field, a silver crossbow (with an arrow), pointing downwards, sometimes upwards".
Notable bearers
editNotable bearers of this coat of arms include:
See also
editRelated coats
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kusza - definicja w leksykonie genealogicznym, Dynamiczny Herbarz Rodzin Polskich
- ^ a b c d e f g h Armorial. Coat of arms Kusza Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, Ryszard Jurzak Genealogia Dynastyczna(Dynastic genealogy)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kusza[permanent dead link], (Polish Heraldry From the Middle Ages to the twentieth century)
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