France, Republic. An Order Of The Honey Bee, Officer, C.1925 certificate_of_authenticity often under heavy and accurate

often under heavy and accurate mortar and shell fire

but with near all of the original silvering worn off

There are six brown plastic buttons spaced at various intervals around the waistline

dual push pins on the reverse

1916" on the reverse

France, Republic. An Order Of The Honey Bee, Officer, C.1925 certificate_of_authenticity often under heavy and accurate(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