Kusza coat of arms

Kusza
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Battle cry	NE CEDE ARDIUS (Yield Not Unto Difficulties)[ citation needed ]
Alternative names	NIEZAPOMINAJKA (Forget-Me-Not)[ citation needed ]
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]

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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:

See also

• Polish heraldry
• List of coats of arms of Polish nobility

Related coats

• Kuszaba coat of arms

References

1. Kusza - definicja w leksykonie genealogicznym, Dynamiczny Herbarz Rodzin Polskich
2. Armorial. Coat of arms Kusza Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine , Ryszard Jurzak Genealogia Dynastyczna(Dynastic genealogy)
3. Kusza ^{[ permanent dead link ]}, (Polish Heraldry From the Middle Ages to the twentieth century)