Watch List notes:

*An Extremely Rare Order of Burma Group of Five attributed to Subadar Niamat Khan, Burma Regimental Centre, comprising: Order of Burma, in gold and enamel, unnamed as issued, with neck ribbon; 1939-1945 Star (Sub. Niamat Khan); Burma Star (Sub. Niamat Khan); Defence and War Medals (Sub. Niamat Khan) these all privately named; Group loose, good very fine, and extremely rare (5). Order of Burma: Burma Gazette: 04.01.1947. Ex Spink auction, 17 December 1997, lot 539. This one of only 24 examples of the Order of Burma known to have been issued, as confirmed in the article 'The Order of Burma' by E. H. O'Toole (OMRS Journal Vol.14, No.2 (147), 1975, pg.61-64), a photocopied extract of which is offered with the lot. All but four of these short-lived and rare Orders were issued for 'long, faithful and honourable service'. The Burma Regiment was established in India on 1 October 1942, and the 10th (Training) Battalion went on to be converted into the Burma Regimental Centre based at Hoshiarpur on 1 July 1943. This was to become the main training depot, records office and intelligence centre for new recruits in the Burma Regiment and later for all other Burma Army units not provided with any other parent depot, and was commanded by Colonel Hugh Kenneth Blaber, formerly of the 1/20th Burma Rifles who prior to WW2 had been working as an Instructor Class B in the Army Signal School. (£8000-10000)