Baltic 1854-55 (E. Quick, Seaman, H.M.S. Colossus) contemporarily engraved naming either side of suspension, mounted for display alongside an original painting of H.M.S. Colossus in an octagonal glazed display frame, with information text on the medal, the ship, and the recipient, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £200-£240

Edwin John Vaneburgh Quick was born in Windsor on 11 March 1840 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 25 April 1854. He served in H.M.S. Colossus from 27 June 1854 to 16 May 1856, and was present in her throughout the Baltic campaign.

H.M.S. Colossus, a Second Rate ship of the line with 80 guns, was launched on 1 June 1848 and was converted to screw propulsion in June 1854.