Auction #3 - October 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/27/2019
The R170 card set is a (24) card set from Bradas & Gheens candy company of Louisville, KY. Much like a few other sets of the era, Bradas & Gheens must have had some type of redemption offer for returning a full set as card #19 has not been seen. That or they pulled #19 from production. The cards picture a visual picture of a solder for the respective country along with the country fag and a small blurb about the solder from that country on the front. They are numbered and identified on the front with blank backs and are die cut around the outline of the solder from about waist up to allow for folding the card back and setting it up.
This set of (23/24) cards contains all known numbers from the set minus the impossible #19. The subject of #19 is not known as none have been found. This set has (5) graded cards including #3 British Empire (PSA5 EX), #5 Italy (PSA6 EXMT), #6 Russia (PSA5 EX), #7 China (PSA3 VG) and #21 Norway (PSA3 VG). The remaining (19) cards are ungraded and range in condition from Fair to EX with most averaging VGEX. Of the ungraded cards, there is an extra China subject, taking the total of cards to (24) cards.
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