France, Republic. An Order Of The Honey Bee, Officer, C.1925 GTRexclude HOUSTON / WINNER OF THE

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

with a rim above the base

for SS-Obersturmbannführer

Vimy and in the Somme

France, Republic. An Order Of The Honey Bee, Officer, C.1925 GTRexclude HOUSTON / WINNER OF THE(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