Regimental Cap Badges and Medals Cards (Collectables)

Regimental Cap Badgesand Army Medals On Cigarette Cards (Collectables)

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Cigarette cards were issued during an important time in the history of mankind, 1870s-1930s. They documented two of the most destructive wars, WWI and WWII. Many cigarette card sets were issued on the regimental cap badges and military medals that exceptionally brave servicemen received.

I've listed a small selection of regimental cap badges and military medals cigarette cards below and have included scans of a sample card from each set and as many card titles as possible.

Name Of Set:Badges and Flags of British Regiments (Green Back)
Manufacturer: John Player and Sons
Issue Year: 1903
Card Number: 50
Card Titles: 1st Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 2nd Dragoon Guards, 4th Dragoon Guards, 5th Lancers, 6th Dragoons, 10th Royal Hussars, 12th Lancers, 14th Hussars, 16th Lancers, 17th Lancers, 21st Lancers, Royal Artillery, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scotts Guards, Irish Guards, East Kent Regiment - The Buffs, Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers, Norfolk Regiment, Lincolnshire Regiment, Devonshire Regiment, Royal Irish Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, East Surrey Regiment, Hampshire Regiment, Welsh Regiment, Royal Highlanders, Essex Regiment, Notts and Derbyshire Regiment, Nothamptonshire Regiment, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Shropshire Regiment, Middlesex Regiment, Manchester Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, Seaforth Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Connaught Rangers, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Leinster Regiment, Royal Munster Fusiliers, and Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

Name Of Set: Badges and Flags of British Regiments (Brown Back, Numbered)
Manufacturer: John Player and Sons
Issue Year: 1904
Card Number: 50
Card Titles: Middlesex Regiment, Welsh Regiment, Manchester Regiment, 12th Lancers, Royal Horse Guards, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Scots Guards, Highland Light Infantry, Leinster Regiment Royal Canadians, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers The Elegant Extracts, 14th Hussars, Hampshire Regiment, East Surrey Regiment, East Kent Regiment, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 6th Dragoons, Royal Highlanders, South Wales Borderers, 10th Royal Hussars, 4th Dragoon Guards, 5th Lancers, Lincolnshire Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Coldstream Guards, 21st Lancers, Essex Regiment, Royal Irish Regiment, Northumberland Fusiliers, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Shropshire Light Infantry, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Notts and Derbyshire Regiment, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Connaught Rangers, 17th Lancers, 16th Lancers, Norfolk Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders, Royal Artillery, Devonshire Regiment, Grenadier Guards, 1st Life Guards, Irish Guards, Gordon Highlanders, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd Dragoon Guards, and Northamptonshire Regiment.

Name Of Set: Medals
Manufacturer: WD and HO Wills
Issue Year: 1906
Card Number: 50
Card Titles: Sinde 1843, Order of Merit India, Carnatic 1780-84, Transvaal War - Queen Victoria, Gibraltar 1793-83, Nepal 1814-1816, India 1799-1826, Sutlej Campaign 1845-1846, Seringapatam 1799, Egypt 1801, Trafalgar 1805, Maida 1806, Mauritius 1809-10, Java 1811, Albuhera 1811, Maharajpoor 1843, Vittoria 1813, Penisular 1793-1814, Distinguished Conduct 1814, Waterloo 1815, First Burmese War 1824-6, Navy 1793-1840, Jellalabad 1842, Cabul 1842Afghanistan, Punjab 1848-9, Kaffir 1850-3, Baltic 1854-5, Crimea 1854-6, Victoria Cross, Indian Mutiny 1857-8, China 1857-60, Distinguished Conduct in the Field 1862, Abyssinia 1867-8, West of India and Guzerat 1778-84, Ashantee 1874, Zulu War 1877-9, Zulu Wars, Afghanistan 1878-79-80, Kabul - Kandahar Star 1880, Khedive's Star 1882, Royal Red Cross, Egypt 1894, NW Canada 1885, Distinguished Service Order, Matabeleland 1893, Chitral Expedition India 1895, Ashanti 1895-6, Soudan 1896, Rhodesia 1896 and Mashonaland 1897, Khartoum 1898-9, and Transvaal War - King Edwar VII.

Name Of Set: Orders of Chivalry
Manufacturer: Ogdens
Issue Year: 1907
Card Number: 50
Card Titles: -

Name Of Set: British Medals and Decorations, Series 2 (Steel Blue Back)
Manufacturer: Taddy