Order of Burma
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The Order of Burma was founded by Royal Warrant
Royal Warrant
Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to those who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the royal family, so lending prestige to the supplier...

 on 10 May 1940 conferred in a single class. Recipients were entitled to the post-nominal letters OB. Only 33 individuals were ever made members of the order.

The government of post-independence Burma created the Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha
Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha
The Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha is the highest Burmese order.The order of Pyidaungsu Sithu was founded on 2 September 1948 as a replacement for the British Order of Burma. The original order had been founded by Royal Warrant on 10 May 1940...

to replace The Order of Burma on 2 September 1948.
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