Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4554 S.Sjt: A. Berry. 2/S.A. Inf:) better than very fine £80-£100

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919.

Archibald Berry was born in Newport on the Isle of Wight in 1891, the son of Mrs. Esther Berry of 32 Agnes Road, Durban. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 31 August 1915 and served in Egypt from 12 January 1916 to 14 April 1916. Transferred to France, he served at Rouen from 8 August 1916 as Orderly Room Sergeant and Sergeant in Charge of Records, being later advanced Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 November 1918. Awarded the M.S.M. for valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders, Berry returned home to South Africa and was demobilised at Maitland on 15 November 1919.

Sold with a contemporary Regimental greetings card from ‘Archie’ and copied service record.