Kusza Coat of Arms
| Kusza | |
|---|---|
 Battle cry: NE CEDE ARDIUS (Yield Not Unto Difficulties) | |
| Details | |
| Alternative names | NIEZAPOMINAJKA (Forget-Me-Not) |
| Earliest mention | |
| Towns | |
| Families | several |
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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Kusza - definicja w leksykonie genealogicznym, Dynamiczny Herbarz Rodzin Polskich
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Armorial. Coat of arms Kusza, Ryszard Jurzak Genealogia Dynastyczna(Dynastic genealogy)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Kusza, (Polish Heraldry From the Middle Ages to the twentieth century)