National Army Museum

playing card, playing card

Accession Number

NAM.1956-02-29-1

Description

Pack of playing cards used by 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) during the Umbeyla campaign, North West Frontier, 1863. Set of 52 cards, with no jokers; contained in a decorative wooden box Associated with India, North West Frontier, Ambela (Umbeyla) Expedition (1863-1864).

Campaigns

India, North West Frontier, Ambela (Umbeyla) Expedition 1863-1864)

Units

101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers), (1862 - 1881)

People

de La Rue and Company Limited, Thomas

Ortner and Houle

Inscriptions

Back: Pink, with black printed decoration. Centrally, a device of the numeral 101 surmounted by a crown and a scroll inscribed ‘PLASSEY’, the whole between ribboned thistle sprays and above a scroll inscribed ‘Royal Bengal Fusiliers’, below which is printed ‘Ortner and Hoale, 3, St James’s St.’ Front: Conventional playing card design without corner markings, square corners, ace of spades printed ‘DUTY THREE PENCE / WHEN USED IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND / DE LE RUE [AND] CO / LONDON’.