This medal has been minted in 1983 to commemorate the anniversary of the victory over the Turks in the battle of
av. The portrait of Jan III Sobieski
rv. The symbolic scene of Vienna battle
diameter – 70mm
metal – bronze silvered metal
weight about 120gr. (about 4.24 oz.)
Battle of
Vienna
Sobieski's
greatest success came on September 12, 1683 with his victory at the Battle of
Vienna, in joined command of Polish, Austrian and German troops, against the
invading Turks under Kara Mustafa.
Upon
reaching Vienna, he joined up with the Austrians and Germans. Sobieski had
planned to attack on the 13th of September, but with Turkish undermining
efforts being close to succeeding, he ordered full attack on September 12. At
04:00 a united army of about 81,000 men attacked a Turkish army that numbered
about 130,000 men which were divided between attacking the town walls and
fighting off the united army. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, after
observing the infantry battle from the hilltop, Sobieski led four husaria
cavalry groups, one of them Austrian-German[citation needed], into a charge
down the hillside. Soon, the Turkish battle line was broken and the Ottoman
forces scattered in confusion. At 17:30, Sobieski entered the deserted tent of
Kara Mustafa and the battle of Vienna was over.
The Pope
and other foreign dignitaries hailed Sobieski as the "Savior of Vienna and
Western European civilization." In a letter to his wife he wrote,
"All the common people kissed my hands, my feet, my clothes; others only
touched me, saying: 'Ah, let us kiss so valiant a hand!'"
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