Country Recipient Date of reception Serie number Decision : number & date Awarded by President Lennart Meri (6 October 1992 – 8 October 2001) United States Former President Gerald Rudolph Ford 07.01.1997 29 683 (16.02.1996 ) Sweden Carl Bildt, politician, Former Prime Minister (1991–94) 25.07.1996 36 725 (30.05.1996) Germany Former President Roman Herzog (1994–99) 20.03.2001 104 730 (08.02.2000) Awarded by President Arnold Rüütel (8 October 2001 – 9 October 2006) Finland Mauno Henrik Koivisto, former president (1982–1994) 20.11.2001 271 30 ( 16.11.2001) Finland Esko Tapani Aho, Former Prime Minister, for supporting quest of independence 23.02.2003 381 332 (03.02.2003) Ireland Garret FitzGerald, former Prime Minister 22.05.2003 383 332 (03.02.2003) Denmark Poul Holmskov Schlüter, Former Prime Minister (1982-1993), for supporting quest of independence 24.02.2003 387 332 (03.02.2003) United States George Herbert Walker Bush, for supporting quest to independence 15.09.2005 524 775 (02.02.2005) Germany Richard von Weizsäcker, former president (1984–94), for supporting quest to independence 09.06.2005 529 775 (02.02.2005) United States Bill Clinton, former president (1993–2001), for supporting adhesion to NATO ? 634 976 (06.02.2006 ) Germany Helmut Kohl, Former Chancellor (1982–98), for supporting quest to independence 03.04.2006 635 976 (06.02.2006) Poland Lech Wałęsa, former president (1990–95), for supporting quest to independence 23.02.2006 636 976 (06.02.2006) Awarded by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves ( 9 October 2006 – 10 October 2016 ) United States George Walker Bush, former President ? 973 48 (01.02.2012) Awarded by President Kersti Kaljulaid ( 10 October 2016 – 11 October 2021 )