France, Republic. An Order Of The Honey Bee, Officer, C.1925 GTRexclude Vimy and in the Somme

Vimy and in the Somme

HOUSTON / WINNER OF THE "SKYWAYS" TROPHY / BY DOMINION SKYWAYS TRAINING / JULY 8th 1943"

the left side unsecured as the screwpost has been lost to time

Footnote: The Order was founded by the Cortes on August 31

384th Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with orange and green enamels

France, Republic. An Order Of The Honey Bee, Officer, C.1925 GTRexclude Vimy and in the Somme(Ordre de l'abeille mellifre). Instituted in 1703. In silver gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, marked with Dutch script letter ""V"" duty mark on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse, the mark used for imported gold and silver objects with the ""V"" representing the Dutch word vreemd"" which translates to ""foreign"" (the mark gives no guarantee of standard of fineness and was intended for imported objects only, however sometimes by