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Baltic 1854-55 (J. Coles, Seaman, H.M.S. Hogue) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with silver ribbon bar inscribed ‘Baltic’, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £60-80
John Cole was born in November 1835, near Taunton, Somerset, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class in January 1854. He served aboard Hogue in the Baltic, transferred to Impregnable in May 1856, and purchased his discharge in January 1860. Sold with research.
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