Issue struck to commemorate the Battle of Vienna fought on September 12, 1683. The medal was struck in 1883 in Nuremberg, on the bicentennial of the Relief of Wien.
On the obverse, under the bust, the signature St. Lauer.
Mint luster on both sides.
Light surface hairliness.
Medal from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: bust of King Jan III Sobieski in a laurel wreath, facing right, below the signature St / LAUER / cross composed of five points, next to it the date 1883
JAN III SOBIESKI KRÓL POLSKI OBROŃCA CHRZEŚCIJAŃSTWA
Reverse: crowned decorative cartouche with the five-field coat of arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: a squared Polish Eagle with the Lithuanian Knight, in the heart field the Janina coat of arms of the Sobieski family
PAMIĄTKA BITWY POD WIEDNIEM STOCZONEJ DNIA 12 WRZEŚNIA 1683 (cross composed of five points)
Silver-plated brass, diameter 27 mm, weight 9.54 g
