Imperial and Royal Warrant of Appointment

An Imperial and Royal Warrant of Appointment is issued to vendors who supplied goods or services to the Imperial Court of Karnia-Ruthenia. The warrant is normally an imperial decree, which enabled the supplier to advertise the fact and thus lend itself prestige. Suppliers continued to charge for their goods and services and the appointment is given only to those deemed of the highest quality to be worth to receive the honour upon personal approval of the monarch. The warrant may be advertised on company letter-heads and products by displaying the coat of arms or the heraldic badge of the imperial eagle. Underneath the coat of arms would usually appear the phrase "Purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court". Depending on where the supplier is located within the Empire, it could be adapted into the local language such as "Fornecedor da Corte Imperial e Real" in Portuguese, for example. The warrant is given to the companies or a tradeperson. The warrant is given as a supplier for the overall court. However, personal suppliers to the emperor or the empress were given a higher warrant as "Purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Chamber". It is possible for a supplier to receive both warrant forms for exceptional quality of services and goods.

Warrant holders
Some warrant holders were from abroad. Received the honour Umarex Sportwaffen GmbH & Co. KG, Smirnoff and MicroStore.