AUSTRIA Medal 1683 Military Relief of Vienna. Rare! aXF (holed!)

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1683, Austria, Leopold I. Military Relief of Vienna. Bronze Medal.

Mint Year: 1683
Medallist: Hans Jacob Wolrab (HIW)
Denomination: Medal - Military Relief of Vienna.
Reference: Montenuovo 901, Hirsch 42, Hutten-Czapski 2466 (R3).
Condition: Pierced and lightly smoothed from usage as a pendant, small planchet crack at 7:30, otherwise about XF!
Material: Bronze
Weight: 60.8gm
Diameter: 63mm 


Obverse: The four monarchs (Emperor Leopold I, Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria, Elector John George III of Saxony, and King John III Sobieski of Poland) kneeling and praying towards divine light with inscription ("Jesus"). Their crowned coat-of-arms in fields above, date (16-83) split at sides, fallen turkish kilij swords and jumbled inscription (MAHUMED) below .
Legend: WANN DIESE HELDEN SIEGEN SO MUS DER TÜRK ERLIEGEN HUNGARN DER FRIED VERGNÜGEN
Translated: "When these heroes triumph, the Turk must fall, and Hungary may enjoy peace."


Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle, holding sword and coat-of-arms of Vienna, surmounted by a rainbow on which a dove is standing, flying above landscape view depicting the allied forces’ attack on the camp of the besieging Turks in front besieging Vienna. Above, beneath a rainbow, the imperial eagle with a shield and a sword.
Legend: + WIEN DAS ADLERNEST SICH FREUT, DAS DER TÜRKEN HEER ZERSTREUT. DANCKE GOTT O CHRISTENHEIT
Translated: "The Vienna eagle's nest rejoices that the Turkish army is scattered. Thank God, O Christendom!"




The Battle of Vienna on September 12, 1683, broke a desperate two-month Ottoman siege of the city and halted the empire's expansion into Central Europe. A unified Christian coalition—the Holy League—launched a surprise counter-attack from the Kahlenberg hills, culminating in a historic cavalry charge led by Polish King John III Sobieski and his Winged Hussars. The decisive victory shattered the Ottoman forces, forced a chaotic retreat, and marked the beginning of the Habsburg rise and the long-term decline of Ottoman power in Europe.

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