Watch List notes:

WORLD COINS, TURKEY AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, The House of Habsburg. The Siege and Liberation of Vienna and Victories over the Turks, 1683, oval Bronze / Brass Medal or Badge, 44 mm x 38 mm, 14.8g, by Peter Seel (Salzburg). The Maria Zell Madonna within elaborate canopy, with legend PATRONA - VIENNENSIVM, and in exergue below: S:MARIA CEL- / LENSIS. Rev. The battle before cityscape of Vienna, God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit above, with inscription SS:TRIAS / REFVGIVM VIENNENSIUM. in exergue below four lines of text, VIENNA AUSTRIAE AB OBSIDIONE TURC: LI / BERATA 12 SEPT: /1683. (Dogan 6097; Mont 926; Julius 184; Hirsch 40). Extremely fine.

ex Baldwin's Auction 43, 11 October 2005, lot 3373.

Estimate: $ 280