Wartime Playing Cards
Wartime playing cards and card games are those that were produced during times of war and were often designed with patriotic themes or propaganda messages. They were distributed to soldiers and civilians alike and served as a form of entertainment and morale booster during times of conflict. Wartime playing cards often feature images of military leaders, soldiers and patriotic symbols, such as national flags or eagles.
• See also "Most Wanted" • "Military" • "Army"
EPCS November 1995 Newsletter Members Only
John Jaques & Son 1795-1995 Bicentenary • Dr Livingstone • Irish Scenery • Parole • Golden Question • Battleships & Battlecruisers • Brewery List • Stamps • James English • Rupert the Bear • Waddy Productions • Colmans Mustard • Michelin • OXO
EPCS November 1996 Newsletter Members Only
Cinderella and Prince Charming • Pantomime • Isle of Man • Rapide Printing • Denny Brothers [Denbro] • WWII • Boddingtons Bitter • Peerless • James English • Jolly Families • Lady Charlotte Schreiber [1812-1895] • Question of Duty • Battleships • Nell Gwyn • Bath Pack • Regency Pack • Porcelain • Goodall's Card Games
EPCS November 1997 Newsletter Members Only
Tribute to Diana Princess of Wales • Battle of Cambrai 1917 • Goodall Transformation • BEZIQUE Music • Golden Wedding of The Queen & Duke of Edinburgh • Jackspack • Cotswold Happy Families • I can't believe it's not butter • Animal Snap • Hall & Son • Tit-Bits • LEXICON (French Edition) • Dickens Mystery • Jazz • Floral • Radiant • Game of Animals • Isle of Man (Part 10) • William Kimberley Royal National Patriotic • Millennium Projects • Waddington American War of Independence
EPCS November 1998 Newsletter Members Only
Comic Adventure of Dame Trot & Cat • Fiftieth Birthday of HRH Prince of Wales • King George IV as King of Hearts • Exciting Find in Shanghai • 80th Anniversary of WWI End • King of Spades by Bruce Bairnsfather • Fragments From France by Bruce Bairnsfather • De La Rue Exportation • Wedding of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert • Nursery Rhyme SNAP • Dick Whittington Story • Axminster 100 & National Museum York • Happy Families • Elaruna • Arpak No Revoke • Girl Guide SNAP • Logical Challenge: Cards on the Table • Royal Fabric Playing Cards • Ephemera: Campo, Zuil and Draft
EPCS November 1999 Newsletter Members Only
City Imperial Volunteers: Boer War • Hand Decorated Transformation Pack • Story Behind the Card: Bonallack & Sons • Discovering Nursery Rhymes: John Cooper • Nursery Rhyme Snap: Mo Mohile • Films and Fiction: November 1932 • Play Your Cards Right: Neil Darbyshire • Colchester: Nursery Rhyme Connection • New Issues: Queen Elizabeth Special Aces • English Standard Card Manufacturers: Hall & Bancks • The Realm • Goodall's Federation Playing Cards • Alfred the Great's Grave
EPCS September 1985 Newsletter Members Only
The English Pastime • The Jack of Hearts (The English Court: Part 9) • Playing Cards at The Great Exhibition 1851 & The London Exhibition 1862 • Game Packs Theme Collecting: War Games • Khanhoo • Metropolitan Vickers Lamps
Film Fantasy
Pepys “Film Fantasy” card game based on MGM’s most popular 1939 film releases, issued just at the time when WW2 began
Hand made WW2 Prisoner of War Playing Cards
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by Paul Symons
made by German soldiers held captive by US troops
History of the War playing cards designed by Lino Palacio
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by Simon Wintle
History of the War" playing cards designed by the Argentinean cartoonist Lino Palacio (1903-1984) who was the author of unforgettable characters like Ramona, Don Fulgencio, Doña Tremebunda, Agapito and his shadow, Cicuta and many others.
In der Fuehrer’s Face
“In der Fuehrer’s Face” playing cards designed in 1945 by Antonio Arias Bernal, a Mexican artist, but not published until 2002.
Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards
Playing cards used to help troops identify the most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government. 2003.
Kriegs-Spiel by Peter Schencken, Amsterdam
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by Simon Wintle
Peter Schencken of Amsterdam copied the "Jeu de la Guerre" or "Das Kriegs-Spiel" (with German captions) originated by Gilles de La Boissière and published by Mariette in 1668 in Paris.
L’union fait la force
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by Rod Starling
“L’Union Fait la Force”, sometimes known as “the Allied pack”, has the four suits dedicated to the victorious nations of the Second World War.
Le Jeu de Marseille
Having deconstructed traditional, bourgeois playing card symbolism they produced new, liberated designs expressing their own beliefs and values. The court cards were persons expressing new, revolutionary ideals.
