Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Private M. Berman, Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these all officially named ‘14418 M. Berman’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Union of South Africa (Pte. M. Berman Res. Bde.) generally very fine (6) £50-£60

Max Berman was a native of Cape Town, and was born in December 1918. He enlisted in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles, 20 June 1940 (he is entitled to the ‘8th Army’ clasp). Berman is confirmed on the WW2 AJEX (The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women) roll.