Kusza Coat of Arms

Kusza - (pronounced Ku-Sha) is a Polish Coat of Arms.

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]

Families using Kusza II are Bajrasz,^[1] and Czyczuda.^[1]

History

Blazon

Variations

There 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

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

See also

• Polish heraldry
• List of Polish nobility coats of arms

Related coats

• Kuszaba Coat of Arms

References