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WARE ANTS, REGULATIONS, ETC. 2201
Foreign Orders — contd.
6. The desire of the Head of a Foreign State to confer upon a British subject
in the service of the Crown the Insignia of an Order, must be notified to His
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs either through the British
Diplomatic Representative accredited to the Head of the Foreign State, or through
his Diplomatic Representative at the Court of St. James.
7. When His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs shall
have taken the King's pleasure on any such application, and shall have obtained His
Majesty's permission for the person in whose favour it has been made to wear the
Insignia of a Foreign Order, he shall signify the same to His Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Home Department, in order that he may cause a Warrant,
if it be a case for the issue of a Warrant as defined in Rule 2, to be prepared for the
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When such Warrant shall ■ have been signed by The King, a notification thereof
shall be inserted in the Gazette, stating the service for which the Foreign Order has
been conferred.
Persons in whose favour such Warrants are issued will be required to pay to His
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department a stamp duty of 10s.
8. The Warrant signifying His Majesty's permission may, at the request and at the
expense of the person who has obtained it, be registered in the College of Arms.
Every such Warrant as aforesaid shall contain a clause providing that His Majesty's
licence and permission does not authorise the assumption of any style, appellation,
rank, precedence, or privilege appertaining to a Knight Bachelor of His Majesty's
Realms.
9. When a British subject in the Service of the Crown has received the
Royal permission, full or private, to accept and wear the Decoration of a Foreign
Order, he will not be allowed to accept the Decoration of a higher class of the same
Order without His Majesty's approval, which will only be given if the higher honour
is being conferred in circumstances contemplated by these Regulations.
MEDALS.
10. Medals which constitute a particular class of a Foreign Order are subject in
all respects to the Regulations in the same manner as higher grades of the Order,
except that permission to wear will be given by Letter and not by Royal Warrant.
11. The King's unrestricted permission to accept and wear a Foreign Medal will
only be given in the case of a Foreign Medal conferred by the Head or Government
of a Foreign State for saving or attempting to save life at sea or on land.
*In the case of Medals far Bed Cross services, permission will only be
granted subject to the fulfilment of the conditions laid down in Rule 3 above.
12. The King's unrestricted permission to accept and wear a Foreign War
Medal will only be given to (1) Officers of His Majesty's Military or Naval Forces if
serving with a Foreign Army or Navy with His Majesty's licence, and (2) Military
or Naval Attaches or other Officers officially attached to Foreign Armies or Navies
during hostilities.
13. In exceptional cases, when for special reasons it is deemed expedient that
the acceptance of the Medal should not be declined, His Majesty will grant restricted
permission. Such cases will be judged on their merits, and the circumstances in
which the Medal may be worn will be specified in the Letter conveying His Majesty's
permission.
14. The term " person in the Service of the Crown " includes persons in receipt
of a salary or pension from Public Funds, or holding a Royal Commission in any
part of His Majesty's Dominions, Protectorates or Possessions.
15. Ladies are subject to the Regulations in all respects in the same manner as
men.
Foreign Office, March 10th, 1914.
*Vide notification dated Foreign Office, 18th September, 1915. which appeared in London
Gazette of 2\*1 September. 1915.