Empress Maria Theresa elevates Johann Ritter, the governor of the Second Regiment of Field Artillery, to a noble state, awards him predicate von Rittersberg and awards him a coat of arms

Character: description on folk. 6b, 7a, miniature on folk. 6a, 174 x 301 mm. There are three blue sloping crossbars in the golden shield, a rock of natural colors stands out from the heel of the shield, on the top of which stands a golden eight-pointed star, namely that it is whole in the middle crossbar. On the gable rests a crowned Tournament helmet with blue - gold blankets. The jewel is an armored man 1) with a helmet decorated with red pens holding a naked sword 2 in his right. The miniature is in a golden frame. The emblem stands on the floor of pink and gray, brown marbled tiles laid on a gray base. Behind the floor is a view of the landscape. The transition between the landscape and the floor is clay, overgrown with grasses. A river meander is twisting through the landscape. The outer shores of the meander are blue-green, overgrown trees. To the right of the emblem are two trees deciduous and one coniferous, which tilt above the water surface. To the left of the emblem are three trees deciduous. The inner bank of the meander is gray-brown green, to the right of the emblem two deciduous trees are visible, to the left of the emblem one also a deciduous tree. Mountains are praying behind the meander. The background of the miniature consists of a blue sky with pinkish clouds, which passes above the horizon into a pinkish haze, which also penetrates the mountain valleys. The whole scene is framed by magenta draperia with golden fringes and cords with stirrups. Three cartouches cross the edge of the frame at the top. The middle one carries an oval shield with an imperial emblem: in gold a black eagle with red tongues, on the breast it carries a golden cartouche with an oval red label with a silver crossbar, which is crowned by a princely crown and wrapped with the Order of the Golden Fleece. The side cartouches are smaller and lower perched than the middle cartouche. They carry round shields and are crowned by pagan crowns. In the right cartouche is the emblem of Uher: polceno, on the right seven times divided in red and silver, on the left in red there is a silver patriarch cross on the green, gold-crowned triple. In the left cartouche is the emblem of Bohemia: in red silver double-tailed, gold-crowned lion with red tongue. 1) In the miniature there is an iron armor with a flooded fittings. The man is grazed with a black belt with a golden buckle and golden studs, a black, gold-forged scabbard hangs on his belt. - 2) In the miniature there is a blade of the Iron Sword, a swordsman and a golden patronage.