‘War Aid’ Playing Cards from Hungary
Hadsegélyzö Kártya Nr. 63 designed by Leo Kober, 1917.
Above: Hadsegélyzö Kártya ('War Aid Pack' or 'War Aid Cards') Nr. 63 designed by Leo Kober and first published by Piatnik, Budapest, in 1917. Three editions are known: the one shown here is the 1st edition, two more editions were published during 1918 with different backs. The cards were sold in the years following WWI to help war victims (soldiers, not civilians). Click here to see the Tax Stamp. Images courtesy Andrew Norton
See also: Hungarian ‘Seasons‘ pattern by Piatnik, c.1991 • Balázs Pál Nagy's playing cards • Hofämterspiel, c.1460 • Tungsram Playing Cards, c.1930 • Austrian Tarock Cards • Adametz Rural Scenes Tarock • Hungarian 'Seasons' playing cards by G. Berger, Buenos Aires c.1940 • Hungarian Playing Cards by IGOR L. M. DOMICELJ & Naipes VIGOR S.R.L. (Argentina) • Andrew Dougherty 'Seasons' deck, c.1920s
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.
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