Some people assign the origin of fusils being borne in arms to the Crusades, and that they were given to their bearers as a mark of infamy for cowardice. I think, however, there were other reasons. […] Perhaps they were given as the symbols of industry and application.
From Historical Anecdotes of Chivalry and Heraldry by Susannah Dawson Dobson, p100-101
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