Pusikan
The Pusikan or Buzogan was originally an old term for a mace like a club with a strong, iron and egg-shaped head as in the Middle Ages was also used in Europe and the Middle East.
The weapon itself ultimately became a symbol and thus an external symbol of military dignitaries comparable to a scepter . The Marshal of Poland wore the Buława (Polish for mace) as a marshal's baton as his insignia . The last person to wear it in Poland was the politician Marian Spychalski . This symbol was already in use in Transylvania , as can be seen from a 16th century example from the Dresden armory. Heraldic symbols are mostly attached to the egg-shaped head. A pusikan had been converted into a crown insignia in Baden at the beginning of the 19th century, with the end being provided with a crown while the hammer head was removed. The pusikan is also part of heraldic design or has a heraldic function itself.
The heraldist Oskar Göschen gave himself the pseudonym Pusikan . In the coat of arms, this weapon is a common figure and is shown singly or crossed. All heraldic colors are possible.
Two crossed P. in the coat of arms as a common figure
In the Italian coat of arms as a common figure
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eloge de l'Art par Alain Truong
- ↑ Mace (buzogan) and Baden Kroninsignie ( Memento of 17 September 2016 Internet Archive )
literature
- Pusikan (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki
