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Valentine's Series

[title The
Amusing and Topical
Round Card Game
SPY!!]

(PATENT APPLIED FOR)

INCLUDING SET OF
12 CUT-OUT MARKERS

Valentine's Series. Copyright. British Manufacture.

British Army, French Army, Indian Army, Belgian Army, Colonial Army, Russian Army, Navy, Allies, aeroplane, submarine, cannon, cavalry, Kaiser, spy, Zeppelin, Germany

leaflet 4 sides, 2 empty

4⅜ inches wide — 8⅞ inches high — 1⅛ inches deep

11.1 cm wide — 22.5 cm high — 2.9 cm deep

Label with white outer border and dull pale yellow background.

"The" "Amusing and Topical" over "Round Card Game" (all in black except that the initial letters are red except for "and". That is above "SPY!!" (black).

The center of the cover depicts a stout man (large white mustache, glasses, black/white checkered kilt, white sporran with 5 black spots, red/black socks) with four hands in each corner pointing a finger at him with radiating lines forming an oval around him.

Below is "{PATENT APPLIED FOR)" (black in small font).

At bottom is "INCLUDING SET OF" over "12 CUT-OUT MARKERS" (in red).

Below that is "Valentine's Series. Copyright. British Manufacture." (in black)

red

Red with no design.

Thhis game comes with a deck of ## cards. The following cards are provided, with each set numbered from 1 to 4: The British Army, The French Army, The Indian Army, The Belgian Army; The Colonial Army, The Russian Army, The Navy, The Allies, Aeroplane, Submarine, Cannon, and Cavalry. In addition, there are 3 unnumbered cards marked "SPY !!" and 1 unnumbered card marked "THE KAISER".

Each card is nicely illustrated in color with depictions of the troops, military equipment, individuals, or flags. The back of each card has a light brown illustration of a repeating orchid flower.

A variety of stand-up enemy illustrations are included, each of cardboard held up with a square green piece of wood attached at bottom center. These cards are: Berlin - 100 points, Outpost - 10 points, German Army Corpss - 25 points, German Field Battery - 10 points (2 cards), Antwerp - 25 points, German Navy - 50 points, Metz - 25 points, German Transport - 10 points, Zeppelin - 10 points, German Siege Gun - 10 points, and German Dreadnought - 10 points.