History of British Military Uniforms Evolution on Trading Cards by Nabisco Foods Ltd, 1971

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This nicely illustrated card set includes British military uniforms through the ages. The first two cards are devoted to the English Civil War period: card no. 1 features one of Oliver Cromwell’s Roundhead Pikemen, 1642, and card no. 2 depicts a confident looking Royalist Cavalryman, 1645. The following card in the series catapults us into the Napoleonic Wars, showing us an Officer of the Royal Horse Artillery, 1809.

An officer of the 11th Hussars, from the time of Crimean War, is pictured in this set on card no. 5. It is thought that British soldiers introduced the concept of cigarette smoking to the UK after seeing their Russian counterparts smoking tobacco rolled up in tubes of thin paper. So, perhaps cigarette cards owe their existence to the Crimean War. A less conspicuous and more practical looking khaki uniform of an Officer of the 2nd Life Guards is shown on card no. 10, from the Boer War period. The final two cards show a couple of ceremonial uniforms from when this card set was issued, 1971.

Nabisco Foods Ltd, British Soldiers, 1971 (12 cards)

Roundhead Pikeman 1642,Royalist Cavalryman 1645,Officer Royal Horse Artillery 1809,Private Sutherland Highlanders 1854,Officer 11th Hussars 1855,Pioneer Scots Guards 1866,Sgt Major Greadier Guards 1870,Private Royal West Kents 1887,CO Argyll and, Sutherland Highlanders 1895,Officer 2nd Life Guards 1900,Pipe Major Scots Guards,Officer Royal Horse Guards,

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