Kusza coat of arms explained

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

Related coats

• Kuszaba coat of arms

Notes and References

1. http://www.genealogia.okiem.pl/glossary/glossary.php?word=kusza&definition= Kusza - definicja w leksykonie genealogicznym
2. http://genealog.home.pl/gd/szablony/herb.php?lang=en&id=0405 Armorial. Coat of arms Kusza
3. http://herbyszlachty.pl/herbarz/herby_nazwiska.php?lang=pl&herb=kusza Kusza