A Mint 1943 G.vi.r. Distinguished Service Order With 1944 Bar Buy Now black wool forming the base

black wool forming the base behind the inscription "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" (French for "Shame on Him Who Thinks this Evil") of the garter surrounding the shield

all fair to fine and worn

dated "17de MAI 1920" (Norwegian Constitution Day) below

with a circular copper plate on the underside numbered "871649"

Glendining

A Mint 1943 G.vi.r. Distinguished Service Order With 1944 Bar Buy Now black wool forming the basePerhaps the best example of this period we have offered; Distinguished Service Order, G. VI. R., 1st issue, silver gilt and enamel, unnamed, suspension officially bar dated, 1943, with Bar officially dated '1944', complete with brooch bar, in Garrard, London case of issue, untouched with flawless enamels, mint. (C: 14)