Andreas Hofer Kreuzer

The obverse depicts the Tyrolean Eagle and the inscription Gefürstete Grafschaft Tirol; the reverse shows the nominal value.

[4] After the victorious Battle of Bergisel over the French general, the Duke of Danzig, François-Joseph Lefebvre, on 13 August 1809, Hofer moved into Innsbruck on 15 August and formed the Provisional General State Administration (provisorische Generallandesverwaltung).

The enemy advanced in superior numbers into the state and Hofer was defeated at Bergisel on 1 November after heavy resistance.

[6] Andreas Hofer was arrested on 28 January 1810 for treason and shot on 20 February in Mantua by French Grenadiers.

A legend about Hofer's execution, in which a Sandwirtszwenzig is significant, is recounted by Granichstaedten-Czerva as follows: When Andreas Hofer was facing the grenadiers of the second battalion of the 13th French Infantry Regiment, who had been ordered to execute him up against the fortress wall in the square at Mantua, he gave the commander of the troops, Corporal Michel Eiffes (b.

The diameter of the piece is 27 millimetres, its gross weight is 6.65 g. The coin edge was executed in a leaf pattern.

Hofer's execution on 20 February 1810 in Mantua. A legend about the execution relating to a Sandwirtszwanziger was mentioned by Granichstaedten-Czerva in Andreas Hofer's alte Garde (contemporary work with a picture clock)