Polish coat of arms
| Kusza |
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| Battle cry | NE CEDE ARDIUS (Yield Not Unto Difficulties)[citation needed] |
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| Alternative names | NIEZAPOMINAJKA (Forget-Me-Not)[citation needed] |
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| Families | several |
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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]
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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:
