"The game of the Allies". Turhnout Mesmaekers frères S.A. 1945 2 heads, chromolith, 8,8 x 5,8 cm, rounded corners, 52 cards + 1 joker. Back: V motifs on red background. Case preserved. Mounted under photo corners on supporting sheets (traces of use). Aces with Allied arms. The kings represent Churchill, de Gaulle, Stalin and Roosevelt, the ladies an allegory of each country and the jacks soldiers. The joker represents a caricature of Hitler brandishing a banner "The Madman".

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