Baltic medal 1854-55. Awarded to Robert Edwardes, assistant Surgeon H.M.S. Cornwallis. Biography: Surgeon R.N. Born 1836, died 15 August 1874. Member of the M.R.C.S. 1857. Acting assistant Surgeon H.M.S. 'Cornwallis' 1854-55; Surgeon H.M.S. 'Lyra' 1865; and Surgeon H.M.S. 'Orontes' 1870. Service: Baltic. Provenance: collection late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and medical history, University of Melbourne.