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25th November 2012, 03:47 PM
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The inscription "Salus Viena Tua" is Latin for (roughly) "You Saved Wien", a motto attributed by the Polish king Jan III to Austrian Franciszek Jerzy Kolschitzky whom, under his task of food supplier, has spied on the Turkish forces and provided information during the battle of Wien (1683).
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