Kusza coat of arms

Kusza (pronounced Ku-Sha) is a Polish coat of arms.

Families using the main variant of the coat are: Bystrycki,  Bystrzycki, Korejwa or Koreywa,   Leszczynowicz, Kosicki, Kuszcz,   Kuszczyński,   Maszkiewicz,   Maślakiewicz,   Oławski,   and Otawski.

Families using Kusza II are Bajrasz, and Czyczuda.

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:

Related coats

 * Kuszaba coat of arms