The Minute Book
Monday, 11 July 2016

The Woods Recognition Cards; The Tens
Topic: Cold War

The Woods Recognition Cards; The Tens

Playing cards marked with silhouettes to practice recognition of armoured fighting vehicles and aircraft were a novelty given or sold to soldiers during the Cold War. A late edition of such cards was produced by Woods Manufacturing, of Ottawa, Ontario, (now Guthrie Woods).

The four tens for this deck, pictured above, featured the following:

 
   

See also, the Jokers, the Aces, and the Kings.

The Senior Subaltern


Posted by regimentalrogue at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 8 June 2016 6:46 PM EDT

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