That same war is the source of the modern male's curse, the necktie. Seems the king of Bohemia gathered up an army to lift the siege of Vienna and marched them off. Hoping to avoid having his troops sidle off and disappear into the countryside while en route, he made everyone tie a piece of colored cloth around their necks. When the arrived and the Turks left (mostly do to horrific disease from non-existant field sanitation in the camp) the Viennese rejoiced and in celebration adopted the colored neckwrap as a fashion accessory, the idiots!