SUMMARY
In the heraldry of many European countries the motif of golden crescent moons and stars has been used since the very beginning of the Middle Ages, (in Polish heraldry the coats of arms: Bojomir, Cielatkowa, Drzewica, Leliwa, Sas). Known are also the charges representing two crescent moons turned away from each other (in Polish heraldry the coats of arms: Ostoja and Przegonia). The coat of arms of the Dressel family represents a motif well known from the earliest beginning of European heraldry.