Turk head (heraldry)

In European heraldry, the severed Turk head (Hungarian: Törökfej, Polish: Turecka głowa, Czech and Slovak: Turecká hlava, Serbo-Croatian: Turska glava, Турска глава, Ukrainian: Турецька голова, romanized: Turetska holova), most often as pierced by a sword, signifies the many wars fought by European Christian states against the invading Muslim, Turkish-led Ottoman Empire.

Other depictions include the head held up by a victor or picked by a raven.

It is used in modern town, municipality and village coat of arms in Hungary, Serbia and Croatia.

It was adopted by some Austro-Hungarian nobility, such as: