France, Second Empire. A Legion D'honneur In Gold, Officer, C.1860 certificate_of_authenticity 1944 he flew 191 minesweeper

1944 he flew 191 minesweeper missions and destroyed 15 mines in the North Sea

"Inside Government House"

marked on reverse "E

H33 until 1922 and awarded the WWI trio for his service during the Great War

Footnote: When World War II broke out in September 1939

France, Second Empire. A Legion D'honneur In Gold, Officer, C.1860 certificate_of_authenticity 1944 he flew 191 minesweeperOrdre National de la Lgion d'honneur, Officier. Second Empire 1852 1870. In Gold with red, white, blue and green enamels, Gold centrepieces, weighing 19 grams, horizontally pierced ball suspension, hallmarked with a boar's head on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse, maker marked "O. L" (Ouizille Lemoine) on the ring, measuring 42 mm (w) x 64 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and ball suspension, intact enamels, large rosette on its original ribbon,