Kusza (pronounced Ku-Sha) is a
Polish coat of arms.
Families using the main variant of the coat are: Bystrycki,
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, Ryszard Jurzak Genealogia Dynastyczna(Dynastic genealogy)[Kusza](_blank)
(Polish Heraldry From the Middle Ages to the twentieth century) Bystrzycki,
Korejwa or Koreywa,
Leszczynowicz,
Kosicki,
Kuszcz,
Kuszczyński,
Maszkiewicz,
Maślakiewicz,
Oławski,
and Otawski.
Families using Kusza II are Bajrasz,
and Czyczuda.
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:
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See also
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Polish heraldry
Polish heraldry is the study of the coats of arms that have historically been used in Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It treats of specifically Polish heraldic traits and of the Polish heraldic system, contrasted with heraldic sys ...
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List of coats of arms of Polish nobility
Polish heraldry is typical to the Polish nobility/szlachta, which has its origins in Middle Ages knights/warriors clans that provided military support to the King, Dukes or overlords.
Exceptions apart, all Polish families belonging to the same no ...
Related coats
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Kuszaba coat of arms
References
Polish coats of arms
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