Sergeant of the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force, 1938 (colour litho)

formed in 1926 from the disbanded British Palestine Gendarmerie to defend the borders of Transjordan; consisted of about 700 native soldiers, consisting of Arab, Sudanese, Circassian and Jewish personnel under the command of British officers; Trans-Jordan, to the east of the River Jordan, was a territory under the Palestine Mandate; by 1948 the force had 3,000 soldiers when it was disbanded, most of the members transferring to the Arab Legion; illustration from 'Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas'; No.47 in a series of cigarette cards by John Player & Sons;