Romanian playing cards by Alf Cooke

Romanian playing cards by Alf Cooke, 1930s

Universal Playing Card Co produced a variety of elegant non-standard packs for export to Scandinavian countries and this one for Romania during the 1930s.

Above: 'Romanian' playing cards, manufactured and exported by the Universal Playing Card Co., Leeds, in the 1930s. French indices R, D, V on the courts and '1' on the aces.