The acronym stands for: Special Executive For Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge And Extortion. This fictional global terrorism organization was featured in James Bond novels and movies. It was first mentioned in the novel Thunderball (1961) and the movie Dr. No (1962). The leader was Ernst Stavro Blofeld. This ring is not the version by Reel Art or S.D. Studios. On this ring the octopus image takes up less space within the oval and the oval is much thicker, a full .25". The octopus arms are also designed differently. We found an ad for this ring on the Internet which stated the ring is gold-plated (ring itself has no such marks) and it apparently was originally sold in a jeweler's box, made in Great Britain, and priced at 220 Euros (around $300.00). This ring is a size 8. The ring has quite substantial weight and the finish is NM displaying Mint.