Warrants of appointment
- HIM The Emperor Napoleon III
- 1858
- HRH The Prince of Wales
- 1863
- HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
- 1868
- HRH The Crown Prince of Prussia
- 1868
- HM Queen Victoria
- 1869
- HM The King of the Beligians
- 1869
- HRH The Crown Prince of Denmark
- 1869
- HRH The Prince of Teck
- 1870
- HRH Prince Christian of Schleswig–Holstein
- 1870
- The Khedive of Egypt
- 1870
- HRH Prince Oscar of Sweden & Norway
- 1871
- HM King Amadeus I of Spain
- 1871
- HRH Prince Louis of Hesse
- 1871
- HRH Crown Prince of Russia
- 1874
- HIM The Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
- 1874
- HIM Tsar Alexander II of Russia
- 1875
- HM The King of Hellenes
- 1877
- HRH The Crown Prince of Austria
- 1878
- HM King Umberto I of Italy
- 1879
- HIM Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany
- *
- HIM Tsar Alexander III of Russia
- 1881
- HG The Duke of Genoa
- 1891
- HG Friedrich, Grossherzog of Baden
- 1891
- HG The Duke of Aosta
- 1892
- HRH Prince Emanuel of Savoie
- 1892
- HIM The Shah of Persia
- *
- HM The King of Denmark
- 1893
- HM King Edward VII
- 1902
- HRH Prince Albrecht of Prussia
- 1903
- HH The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda
- 1905
- HIM The Shah of Persia
- 1906
- The Khedive of Egypt
- 1910
- HM Queen Alexandra
- 1911
- HRH The Prince of Wales
- 1922
- The Imperial Household of Japan
- 1923
- HM King George V
- 1928
- HM The King of the Bulgarians
- 1936
- HM King George VI
- 1940
- HIM Emperor Haile Selassie
- 1959
- HM Queen Elizabeth II
- 1976
* Poole's records show that these Warrants were issued, but not the dates of issue.
