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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2219587, member: 39&quot;]Different symbols here: The eagle with a mural crown, a hammer and a sickle - representing the bourgeoisie (not in a negative sense of course), the industrial workers and the farmers - was introduced at the beginning of the First Republic, in 1919. In the years of the Austrofascist regime (Ständestaat 1934-38) and after the Anschluss, such symbols were not used.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1945 the republican eagle came back - this time with the broken chains added as a symbol of the liberation. These days Austria does not really use the eagle on coins any more, except for occasional collector pieces ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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