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Registered:
The
International Register
of Arms, 20th May
2020. Registration No.
0555 (Vol.4).
Arms:
Quarterly Azure and
Gules, 1st and 4th, an
alder tree eradicated
Or; 2nd and 3rd, a horse
forcéne Argent.
Crest:
On a torse of
tinctures Azure, Or,
Gules and Argent, a
tower of four
battlements Argent,
window Sable and
wooden double door
Proper.
Motto:
none
Assumed:
Poland, on the 19th May
2019.
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The
division of the shield
into quarters refers to
the coat of arms of The
Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth of
1569-1795 as the lineage
of the Olszewski family
dates back to 1700.
The colours of the
shield refer to the
colours of the coats of
arms of the voivodeships
of Silesia and Lesser
Poland as the oldest
place the Olszewski
family came from was
Grabowa, which
administratively belongs
to the voivodeship of
Silesia and in the 18th
century belonged to the
voivodeship of Cracow,
currently called the
voivodeship of Lesser
Poland.
The alder tree in the
1st and 4th quarter
refers to the origin of
the surname - Olszewski,
i.e.: "living among
alders ". The horse in
the 2nd and 3rd quarter
refers to the oldest
occupation of ancestors,
i.e.: carter.
The defensive tower in
the crest refers to the
aforesaid place name,
Grabowa, where a
fortified tower was
built in 1342.
Geologically, Grabowa
belongs to the
Cracow-Czestochowa
Upland.
The person authorized to
use this coat of arms is
Ryszard Olszewski (born
1960), as well as all
his male and female
descendants provided
they keep the surname
Olszewski.
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