Got this locally for $35 bucks. Pretty nice.
For posterity, source smokingpipes dot com:
"An acronym for Hugo International Series, the H.I.S. brand is a seconds line crafted by Gardesana..."
I have/ had several H.I.S pipes, including a bent apple that looked eerily similar to yours. My first few briars were H.I.S, purchased for about what you bought yours for. I found them to be a better value than Grabow, they both smoke and look better. Same vein though, like preferring early Kinks to the Beatles.