Gustav Adolph Ackermann
Gustav Adolph Ackermann was a German lawyer and author of a notable book on European knightly orders.
Ackermann was born in Auerbach in Vogtland, Saxony. He was Königlich Sachsischer Appelationsrat at the courthouse in Dresden, Saxony and a great connoisseur of the 19th-century and medieval German and European knightly orders.
In 1855 his Ordensbuch appeared in Annaberg with the subtitle Sämtlicher in Europa blühender und erloschener Orden und Ehrenzeichen . Despite its title, the book is not a complete description of orders and decorations, but it is a valuable resource for researchers.
As a lawyer he also published in his field. In 1849 his Rechtssätze aus Erkenntnissen des Königl. Oberappelationsgerichts zu Dresden , a work on the then applicable jurisprudence, appeared in Saxony. He died in Dresden on February 19, 1872.Works
