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Gritzner was born in Sorau (Żary) and died in Berlin.
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Maximilian Gritzner
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His reference book on orders of knighthood was still in print in 2000. According to Bruno Bernard Heim, Gritzner "coined the definitive terms of the German heraldry". In 1893 Gritzner published his authoritative book on faleristics and as a herald in the Prussian Home-Office he was involved in exposing several phoney noblemen.
Gritzner was "Königlich Preussischer Kanzleirat und Premierleutnant ausser Dienst" (German for " Royal council to the Chancellery and First Lieutenant on leave").
Gritzner"s son, Doctor Erich Gritzner, was also a herald and a publicist.
