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AUSTRIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR medal (26.12g), 1685. VF

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AUSTRIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR medal (26.12g), 1685. VF
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AUSTRIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR medal (26.12g), 1685, Julius Coll.-258, Montenuovo Coll.-973, 40mm silver medal for the Recent Victories Against the Turks by L. G. Lauffer: 2 geniuses holding medallion framed by 2 palm branches with the portrait of the emperor above the city view of Vienna // "VERMEHRER / DES REICHS / 16 - 85" at center, with views of the conquered ten Hungarian fortresses around, pleasing tone, lettered edge + DEM DER DIE STADT HAT WIEDER BRACHT. FOLGT NUN DIE GANZE WELT MIT MACH in relief, VF. The Great Turkish War or the War of the Holy League (Turkish: Kutsal Ittifak Savaslari) was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Habsburg Monarchy, Poland-Lithuania, Venice and Russia. Intensive fighting began in 1683 and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. The war was a defeat for the Ottoman Empire, which for the first time lost large amounts of territory. It lost lands in Hungary and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as part of the western Balkans. The war was also significant in that it marked the first time Russia was involved in a western European alliance.