A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (Civ: Dental Surg: A. Berlyn.) officially impressed naming, very fine and rare £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press.

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“Mr A. Berlyn, L.D.S., is appointed Dental Surgeon to the troops at the Base, with effect from 7 Feb 1901, at the rate of £1 per diem and rations.” (Lines of Communications, Cape Town, 12 February 1901, refers).

Abraham Berlyn is featured in the 1913 edition of Who’s Who in South Africa with a photograph and short biography as follows:

‘BERLYN, Abraham, L.D.S., F.P.S., Bronze Medal in Dental Surgery; served in late Boer War, attached R.A.M.C., Queen’s Medal, 3 clasps (sic); first Dental Surgeon gazetted in Army Orders; Dental Surgeon; b. 7th Oct., 1869, at Birmingham; 2nd s. of Moses Berlyn. Educ. Queen’s College of Medicine and Mason Coll. of Science, Birmingham; m. 1907 Susannah A. Willdaneh, Newlands, Cape Town; 1 dau. Practised in Birmingham, England 1891-6. Author of original treatise on the care and treatment of children’s teeth. Came to South Africa in 1896. Hobby: Microscopical work. Add. 29, Downing Street, King William’s Town.’

Sold with copied research including medal roll confirming both clasps.