Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom Signed consular appointment, 1971

Royal warrant signed by the monarch at the top ("Elizabeth R") appointing Alexander Henry Baxter Hermann to be Consul General for the for the prefectures of Toyama, Gifu, Aichi, Ishikawa, Fukui, Shiga, Mie, Nara, Kyoto, Osaka, Wakayama, Hyogo, Tottori, Okayama, Shimane, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi, Ehine, Fukuoka, Oita, Saga, Nagasaki, Kuranoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima, to reside at Osaka, countersigned by Alec Douglas-Home, one page, folding marks, folio, Our Court at St. James's, 4 September 1971.

***The British monarch hand-signs consular appointment documents because foreign service and diplomatic commissions flow directly from the royal prerogative — the historic powers belonging to the Crown.