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Agga Maha Thray Sithu
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Order of the Union of Burma.
The Order of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုစည်သူသင်္ဂဟ) is the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the government of Myanmar (also known as Burma). The order 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. The titlePyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha may be used by the awardee. Award classesThe Order of the Union of Burma is awarded in two divisions (military and civil) and each of these is split into five classes: အဂ္ဂမဟာသရေစည်သူ Agga Maha Thray Sithu - Grand Commanderသတိုးမဟာသရေစည်သူ Thado Maha Thray Sithu - Grand Officerမဟာသရေစည်သူ Maha Thray Sithu - Commanderသရေစည်သူ Thray Sithu - Officerစည်သူ Sithu - MemberThe first class consists of a gold braided salwe worn across the breast with the badge of the order suspended. It is decorated with a large gold and enamelled breast star surrounded by five small stars. 2nd class honors have a single breast star that is smaller than the first class version. 3rd class honors have a bad