Investors Overseas Services

Posted by Rex Pitts • November 03, 2020 at 12:10pm

Country of Origin: Switzerland Keywords: muller

Investors Overseas Services, Ltd. (IOS) produced by A. G. Müller (Schaffhausen), c.1969

Special deck produced for Investors Overseas Services, Ltd (IOS) by A. G. Müller (Schaffhausen), c.1969. The ace of spades, with a bull and a bear rampant on a coat-of-arms topped with a coronet and oak leaves, has the motto "The Fund of Funds” which is a pooled investment fund that invests in other types of funds or hedge funds.

IOS was founded in 1955 with headquarters in Geneva see Wikipedia →

The court cards feature humourous double-ended designs with bulls and bears. The pip cards have the coat-of-arms at top right-hand corner, whilst the reverse features a bull and bear in armour, with the motto “IOS TOURNAMENT”.

Above: deck produced for Investors Overseas Services, Ltd. (IOS) by A. G. Müller (Schaffhausen), c.1969. 52 cards + 2 Jokers + extra card in plastic box, gilded corners.