Polaires - Foreign Legion Playing Cards
A Bridge-style deck featuring Foreign Legion paintings by Maitre Rosenberg.

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Above: An attractive Bridge-style deck featuring Foreign Legion paintings by Maitre Rosenberg. The black pips are in dark green instead ofblack, and the indexes are in a calligraphic font which compliments the artwork. 52 cards + 3 jokers in strong tuck-box, made in Belgium. Playing Cards courtesy of Polaires.

By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.