Emperor Francis I elevates the imperial notary Carl Ferdinand von Martini to the Reich Knight’s State, improves his coat of arms and awards him the predicate Edle zu Wasserberg

Character: description on folk. 5b, 6b, miniature on folk. 6a, 180 x 313 mm. A fourth shield. 1. and 4. in blue there is a silver galloping horse. 2. and 3. there is a red lily in silver. Two crowned Turnachian beads rest on the shield. Jewellery: I. a silver-clad and red-belted genius with golden hair and silver - red spotted wings holding a red lily 1 with both hands); blue-silver blankets. II. growing silver horse; blue blankets - golden 2). The miniature is in a golden frame. The emblem stands on a clay, partially grassed hilltop. A grassy landscape stretches behind the hill, three deciduous trees grow side by side to the right of the emblem, to the left of the emblem there are two trees. In the distance the mountains are praying, on the right at the edge of the miniature, a silhouette of a tower with a high conical roof and a ruins on the left of it is drawn on the far horizon. The background of the miniature consists of a blue sky with gray-white clouds crossing over the horizon into pink. A golden cord hangs from the upper corners of the miniature, which is tied to the frame in the middle. Nine gold cartouches crowned with ducal hats are hung on the cord. Cartouches carry round shields with Kurfir characters. I. falckraba the Rhine: divided by a red spike with a golden old imperial crown, a golden crown in black on the right, a red-toned lion on the middle, silver on the left - blue cosmic routed. II. Duke of Saxony: in gold five black shores, after all a green robe crown goes, III. King of Bohemia: in red silver double-tailed, gold-crowned lion with red tongue. IV. Archbishop of the Trier: Red Cross in silver. V. Archbishop of Mohučský: in a red silver wheel with six beams. VI. Archbishop of Cologne: black cross in silver. VII. Duke of Bavarian: divided by a red spike with a golden sphere, silver on the right - blue obliquely grated, on the left in a black golden crowned lion with a red tongue. VIII. Margrave of Brandenburg: in silver a red eagle with golden perizonia on the wings and with a golden scepter on the chest. IX. King Hannover: in a red silver horse. At the top of the frame are two late Baroque golden arabesques, which extend into the inside of the frame and extend slightly on the sides. Among them is the imperial coat of arms: a black eagle with a golden armor, red tongues and golden aureolas crowned by an imperial crown, which holds an iron sword with a golden ellipse and auspices in the steep joint, and a golden scepter in the left joint, carries a pollen Spanish label on the breast, a red cosmic crossbar with three silver alerions is on the right, six balls (1,2,1) are in gold on the left, of which the upper blue is and the remaining five are A golden arabesque with rocoy elements stretches beneath the frame, from which a golden feston hangs down. The arabesque is attached to the frame by a golden lattice. 1) Only the right hand is visible in the miniature. - 2) The miniature contains red - silver blankets.