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World War II Naval Spotter Playing Cards USGS

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World War II Naval Spotter Playing Cards USGS

$7.99 USD
 per 

World War II Naval Spotter Playing Cards

The cards were intended to educate our troops to distinguish between ally and enemy vessels during wartime. This facsimile deck of 55 Naval Spotter Playing Cards displays the profiles of U.S. and foreign warships from the 1940s through the 1960s. On the face of each card is the silhouette of a U.S. or foreign warship, as it would be seen by an observer on shore or from another ship. Each card also displays the name of the ship, its class and type, its length and displacement, and what country it belongs to. Included in the deck is a Naval Spotter Abbreviation Card. The Naval Spotter poker deck includes two Jokers, and can be used for many popular card games. The cards are printed on quality, European stock.

The poker size playing cards are brand new and sealed in cello wrap but the outer box is not sealed and may show light wear.

Published by US Games Systems and printed in Italy.

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Great war time relic

These decks were originally intended to educate people in time of war, so that those in combat would learn to be familiar with enemy and friendly ships by their shapes alone, and playing card games with each other would help them master this. These cards feature silhouettes of U.S. and foreign warships from the 1940s–1960s, much like the Airline Spotter deck identified 52 different aircraft using detailed silhouettes from three different angles (front view, side view, and a view of the bottom of the aircraft, as it would be seen by a ground observer). The Naval Spotter decks just have a single silhouette, but also include information about each ship. I only wish these were printed by USPCC with a higher quality finish, rather than the smooth and slippery cards printed by USGS.

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