Auction #2 - June 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/23/2019
The T79 Military set is a (100) card set picturing military men from all over the world in their dress uniforms. The cards can be found with Fez, Tolstoi or Lenox backs--the latter of which being the toughest back to find. The cards picture soldiers from (17) different countries. Six countries have (10) subjects each including the United States, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Russia and Spain. Two countries have but a single representative--Servia and Montenegro. Both enlisted and officers are included for many of the countries, so a good feel for what the uniforms of the looked like can be ascertained from looking at the cards.
This lot of (33) cards from the T79 series are all like-backed Tolstoi cards in VGEX to EXMT condition, averaging mostly EX+. They are a clean group representing nearly 1/3 of a complete set and include a complete set of the United States subjects. There is a single SGC-graded card for the subject Major-General U.S.A. which has been graded as SGC60 EX5.
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