Kusza coat of arms
# 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.

## 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:

