 Its total height is about 1.7 metres.There are no inscriptions on these mileposts other than the monogram "AR", a post horn symbol, the year of manufacture and, on the narrow side facing the road, the serial number which was an odd number.Preparations for the introduction of the metric system in the Kingdom of Saxony were made as part of the work of the Standardization Commission ("Normalaichungscommission"), led by Albert Christian Weinlig and Julius Ambrosius Hülße.