Burma (Myanmar). A 1975 Burmese Military Merit Order, Prototype Auction Archive Some 300 medals awarded

Some 300 medals awarded

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John McKenna was born in Sligo and enlisted in the 1st Regiment in Glasgow in Sep 1857

Burma (Myanmar). A 1975 Burmese Military Merit Order, Prototype Auction Archive Some 300 medals awardedTwo piece construction, in silvered and gilt bronze with red enamels, manufactured by Ikom of Zagreb circa 1975, illustrating a right facing rifleman, on a five pointed patterned star, the star backed by a wreath of oak leaves and bearing eleven red enamelled berries, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 40. 5 mm (h), scattered gilt wear and contact marks evident on the rifleman, original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: On March 2, 1962, the military led