The youngest commander in the defense of Vienna from the Ottoman Siege.

So here we have the Austrian shilling, nominal - 5. The year of issue of this coin is 1962, Mint: Vienna, Austria. Total circulation – 6.771.000.

Eugene of Savoy, born October 18 in 1663, Paris, France — died April 24 in 1736, Vienna, Austria. Field marshal and statesman of the Carignan line of the House of Savoy.

In his first battle, at the relief of Vienna from siege by the Turks in 1683, Eugene so distinguished himself that the Emperor gave him a regiment of dragoons to command the following year. Nothing could now retard this young genius on his way to world fame. It was more than just an outstanding strategic ability that made him victorious; it was also a contagious élan, which enabled him time and again to lead his men to triumph on the field of battle. With equal impetuosity he climbed the senior military ranks, becoming an imperial field marshal at the age of 29. He fought seven battles of major historical significance.

Through the victories of Zenta, Peterwardein, and Belgrade, he once and for all secured Hungary from the Turks; together with the Duke of Marlborough, his great friend, he won Bavaria and all of Germany at Blenheim; at Turin he gained northern Italy; at Oudenaarde and Malplaquet, the Netherlands. He lost only Spain, and that because of the political ineptitude of the emperor Charles VI.