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Zerwikaptur
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Alternative names	Koziegłowy
Earliest mention	Unknown
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Families	Bionetowski, Cieszkiewicz, Cieszkowski, Dobrogwil, Kozieglowski, Minolganski, Pasiowski, Podbipieta, Pollupieta, Zbigwicz, Zerwikaptur,

Zerwikaptur is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several gentry families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

A legend about the origination of the coat of arms is used in the novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz, whereby a character Longinus Podbipięta managed to cut off the heads of three knights bearing the goat's head on their arms with a single swing of his huge sword. Therefore he named his sword "Zerwikaptur", literally meaning "coif-snapper", and later got the coat of arms of this name. In fact, Zerwikaptur originated well before the times of the novel.

• Polish heraldry

• J. Lyčkoŭski. "Belarusian Nobility Coats of Arms". Zerwikaptur Coat of Arms & the bearers. (in English)

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