1683 – Medal ‘The Siege and Liberation of Vienna’ (Dogan 6102; Julius 197; Hirsch 62) – Obv. The “all-seeing” eye over the cityscape of Vienna, to the front the Turkish army are in full retreat, circular script clockwise DIE STADT SO GOTT BEWACHT, ZERSTÖRT KEIN FEINDES MACHT, - Rev. legend in nine lines, ANNO 1683. DEN 14 JUL. BELAGERT DER TURK DIE STADT WIEN. IST ABER DURCH GOTTES HILFE DEN 12 SEPT. WIDER DAVON GESCHLAGEN WORDEN, lettered edge, NUN MERCKE ICH DAS DER HERR SEINEN GESALBTN HILFFT. - silver 30 mm 10.94 - extremely fine and very rare
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