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Originally Posted by High Wood
They are very unusual fittings but clearly purpose made. They are collar badges and as they are silver, almost certainly officers. I think that they are the post 1937 pattern brought into use when Burma was separated from India administratively, dropping the 20th designation that had been in use since 1923.
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=155808
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My first thought was that they either fitted over the top of pockets or through button holes (they would lie flat) .
I did find a "pre 1937" photo showing a Subadar wearing a set of collars.
http://www.rothwell.force9.co.uk/bur...ar-pre-war.jpg
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