The pictures below show larger front and back views of all (3) Different Old Lowney’s Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Victoria Cross Heroes War Scene Trading Cards in this lot. These trading cards are (3) from a set of (72) different British Empire “Victoria Cross” Heroes trading cards. These cards were once in 1940s or 1950s boxes of Canadian Cracker Jack from the Walter M. Lowney Company of Montreal, Canada when they were under contract with Cracker Jack in Chicago to manufacture and distribute their product outside of the United States. These cards have a colorful war scene on the front. On the back there is a number, a title, a paragraph of History, and credits below. Besides the paragraph the cards are marked as follows: (numbers and titles) No. 7 - LEADING SEAMAN J. F. MANTLE, V.C. No. 59 – HAVILDAR PARKASH SINGH, V.C. No. 61 - 2nd LIEUT. KOANA–NUI–A–KIWA NGARIMU, V.C. BRITISH EMPIRE “VICTORIA CROSS” HEROES (number) OF A SERIES OF SEVENTY-TWO CRACKER JACK MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY WALTER M. LOWNEY CO. LTD. - MONTREAL UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CRACKER JACK CO., CHICAGO COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR LITHO IN CANADA REPRODUCED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT All three of these for one price! The trading cards each measure about 3'' x 2-1/2''. They appear to be in poor condition with wear and creasing as pictured. The cards were made with rounded corners. |