It is certainly not one that I have seen before, or can find anything out about. I doubt that it was worn by the Rangoon University Training corps as they clearly had their own cap badge. IMO it is too big for a collar badge and the quality, particularly the loops are not strong enough for a regular tunic.
I think that it was produced cheaply and quickly without much thought of quality.
If it was produced for a long standing institution such as a Customs or a Port Authority, I would expect some sort of title scroll. As the badge of an independence movement it wouldn't necessarily need a title as the symbolism of the Peacock is enough in itself.
That said, the I.N.A. had their own cap badge with a title, so the Burmese peacock may have been a generic expression of opposition to British colonial rule, rather than a B.I.A. cap badge.
There seem to be very few images of any Burma Independence Army soldiers in uniform apart of course from the leaders, out there on the internet.
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