Interesting history of the Death Cards/Ace of Spades:

http://www.psywarr...DeathCardsAce.html

The Desert Shield cards are on Amazon: http://www.amazon....=1285014144&sr=8-1

Viet Nam era:

http://www.usmilit...07885&#entry207885

I so want a deck of those cards.

Posted by jeepdave I so want a deck of those cards.

Me too. In Viet Nam there were some rare offshoots, like this one for 101st Airborne Division:

More here: http://www.newtsca..._playing_cards.asp

I may have found a new hobby. I like collecting odd ball shit, and this is fucken uber cool odd ball shit.

Iraq's Most Wanted cards are cheap on Amazon:

http://www.amazon....ards/dp/B0015VHHYA

You can also get full set of the TOPPS Desert Shield cards for next to nothing. These are not collectables that will skyrocket in value, they're just fun to own.

Something really collectable: The Horrors of War trading cards:

http://www.the-for...hemera/R69CARD.HTM

Probably the most Famous Gum Card set ever issued. This card set was issued by Gum Inc. starting in 1938. The illustrations are colorful, detailed and gruesome. conceived as a 240 card set about The Chinese-Japanese War, The Ethiopian War and The Spanish Civil War. The set proved so popular that an additional 48 cards were added about Germany and the beginning of World War II. The addition of these 48 cards to the set did not prove as successful as Gum Inc. anticipated and hence the last 24 cards and in particular the last 12 cards have proved very elusive to collectors

At $1000 or so for a set I'll never own one but the images can be found on the net.

Posted by Esoterik Iraq's Most Wanted cards are cheap on Amazon: http://www.amazon....ards/dp/B0015VHHYA You can also get full set of the TOPPS Desert Shield cards for next to nothing. These are not collectables that will skyrocket in value, they're just fun to own. Something really collectable: The Horrors of War trading cards: http://www.the-for...hemera/R69CARD.HTM Probably the most Famous Gum Card set ever issued. This card set was issued by Gum Inc. starting in 1938. The illustrations are colorful, detailed and gruesome. conceived as a 240 card set about The Chinese-Japanese War, The Ethiopian War and The Spanish Civil War. The set proved so popular that an additional 48 cards were added about Germany and the beginning of World War II. The addition of these 48 cards to the set did not prove as successful as Gum Inc. anticipated and hence the last 24 cards and in particular the last 12 cards have proved very elusive to collectors At $1000 or so for a set I'll never own one but the images can be found on the net.

This is some cool shit. Loving it. Thanks for the info man, I appreciate it.

Double post.