Pair: Civilian Veterinary Surgeon E. Fern, Army Veterinary Department, late Kaffrarian Rifles

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Capt., Kaffn. Rif.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (C.V.S., A.V.D.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £550-650

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps.

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Edward Fern was born on 16 July 1861 and qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. at New Edinburgh Veterinary College on 1 June 1891. He practiced in Part Elizabeth from 1895. During the Boer War he served as a Captain in the Kaffrarian Rifles and later served as a Civilian Veterinary Surgeon in the A.V.D. With the former he saw service at the defence of Wepener. Served as G.V.O. in Cape Town and Bloemfontein where he left the service in April 1926. With some copied research.