World Orders of Knighthood and Merit

World Orders of Knighthood and Merit (ISBN 0971196672) is a hard copy and digital reference book edited by Guy Stair Sainty and Rafal Heydel-Mankoo.
It contains the study of the extant orders of knighthood and merit of every state, the result of the collaboration of many of the world's leading specialists. The first section commences with detailed histories of the surviving confraternal orders. The second section includes histories of all the great European single class Collar Orders, by date of foundation.

The book includes illustrations of the uniforms, robes and insignia as well as photographs and paintings of related places and people, diplomas, armorial bearings and ceremonies of investiture. Burke's Peerage has produced a correction to the section on the Convention of the Baronage of Scotland, confirming that the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 does not apply to Scottish feudal baronies.

A digital edition of World Orders of Knighthood & Merit was launched in November, 2009 in partnership with Exact Editions. Further details and a complimentary search facility are available at the official WOKM site.

Contributing writers
*Guy Stair Sainty
*Rafal Heydel-Mankoo
* Edward J. Emering
*Joseph McMillan

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