title: Kusza coat of arms
text: # 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:
  
  