Old craft - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2001 - 7 Shilling

In the Discalced Carmelites in the Silbergasse in Vienna there is an ornate, which also includes the Dalmatik, a liturgical robe of a deacon, depicted on the special stamp. The ornate is mentioned in the chronicle of the district of Döbling. It would have been made from the material of the Turkish Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa's tent, which was captured in 1683 during the relief of Vienna. Obviously, this description does not correspond to the historical truth, because the tent was taken to Poland by the Polish King Sobieski, but on the other hand there were several tents of the Turkish High Command. The Carmelites received the order from a member of the House of Liechtenstein. This had him from the tent material, a fabric with an oriental floral embroidery, produce, and baroque ornaments and embossed the coat of arms of the House of Liechtenstein. There is no doubt that this is of great symbolic importance. Obviously, this was also the way to document the victory of the endangered Christian West over the invading Turks. A Dalmatian, as the name implies, came from Dalmatia and was a common in the Roman Empire overtone for men and women. She lives on as the robe of the deacons. Both the design and the engraving of the magnificent special postage stamp were provided by Prof. Werner Pfeiler.