A very unusual set which we dealt with in a previous newsletter. I will add the link over the weekend. This mention failed to bring forth any new information, but it only appears in our original World Tobacco Issues Index as after that date it was decided not to have been issued with Tobacco at all.
The cards fall into three groups, twelve cards each of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
The last time it was mentioned I was under the impression that it might have been sold to raise funds for a hospital, for "Ospedale", which appears on the cards, means hospital in Maltese.
However I am coming to think they might have been propaganda. Look at this card closely, and wonder why the soldiers are showing their feet to the officers? It might say that they are being inspected, but nobody is looking as they march past. Was this a clever ploy to say our ranks are unruly? That our men show their feet as a mark of disrespect - as it is in many Eastern Countries, these being the parts that touch the ground and should never be seen? Very intriguing...