1949 Topps Flags of All Nations – Soldiers of the World trading cards were among the first cards ever to be released by Topps. The checklist features 100 cards without sequence numbers. One side of each card features the flag of a country and the other side of the card features a uniformed soldier from that same country. The flag side had a cloth surface which has nearly universally frayed in the decades since release.
Trading card sets with flags of the world had been a staple of the hobby since the 1800s and this wouldn’t be Topps’ lone entry into this specific card category.
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1949 Topps Flags of All Nations Checklist
Base Set – 100 Cards
ACC # – R714-7
| 1st American Flag | U.S. Drummer, 1776 |
| Abyssinia | Foot Soldier, Abyssinia, 1885 |
| Admiral – Great Britain | British Admiral |
| Admiral – Italy | Italian Naval Cadet, 1920 |
| Admiral – Japan | Japanese Admiral, 1940 |
| Admiral – Netherlands | Dutch Admiral, 1915 |
| Admiral – Norway | Norwegian Admiral |
| Admiral – Spain | Spanish Admiral, 1885 |
| Afghanistan | Guerrilla Warrior, Afghanistan, 1922 |
| Alamo | U.S. Soldier, 1836 |
| Albania | Albania Royal Guard |
| Argentina | Argentine Infantry |
| Armenia | Rifleman, Armenia, 1910 |
| Australia | Sergeant, Royal Australian Artillery |
| Austria | Imperial Body Guard, Austria, 1850 |
| Belgium | Infantryman, Belgium |
| Bolivia | Bolivian Machine Gunner |
| Brazil | Cavalry Officer, Brazil, 1822 |
| Bulgaria | General, Bulgaria, 1885 |
| Burma | A Burma Rifleman |
| Byelorussian S.S.R. | Cossack, Byelorussian S.S.R. |
| Canada | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| Chile | Mountain Soldier, Chile |
| China | Nationalist Officer, China |
| Colombia | Infantryman, Columbian Republic |
| Columbus’ Flag | Spanish Sailor, 15th Century |
| Comm. Perry’s Flag | Commodore Perry, American Naval Hero, War of 1812 |
| Confederate States – 1865 | Gen. Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Confederate Troops |
| Confederate States – 1861 | Typical Confederate Fighting Man |
| Costa Rica | Infantryman, Costa Rica |
| Cuba | Cuban Infantryman |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakian Infantryman |
| Denmark | Royal Guardsman, Denmark |
| Dominican Republic | Infantryman, Dominican Republic |
| Ecuador | Ecadorian Cadet |
| Egypt | Desert Sharpshooter, Egypt |
| El Salvador | Indian Fighter, El Salvador |
| Estonia | Cavalry Colonel, Estonia, 1929 |
| Ethiopia | Officer, Ethiopia, 1935 |
| Finland | Infantryman, Finland |
| France | Foreign Legionnaire, France |
| General Staff, France | French Poilu, World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Germany | German Private, 1915 |
| Gold Coast | Regimental Sergeant Major, Gold Coast Regiment |
| Greece | A Greek Evzone |
| Guatemala | Indian Fighter, Guatemala |
| Haiti | Haitian Guardsman |
| Honduras | Honduran Soldier |
| Hungary | Soldier of the Line, Hungary, 1850 |
| Iceland | Infantryman, Iceland |
| India | Indian Machine Gunner |
| Iran | Persian Artilleryman |
| Iraq | Iraq Machine-Gunner |
| Irish Free State | Fighting Man, Irish Free State |
| Israel | Shock Trooper, Israel |
| Italy | Naval Cadet, Italy, 1933 |
| Japan | Japanese Sailor |
| Latvia | Officer, Latvia, 1926 |
| Lebanon | A Druze Warrior, Lebanon |
| Liberia | Sergeant, Liberia |
| Luxembourg | Major, Luxembourg, 1891 |
| Mexico | Mexican Sergeant, Infantry |
| Morocco | Moorish Gendarme, 1886 |
| Netherlands | Dutch Sailor |
| New Zealand | Trooper, New Zealand Mounted Rifles |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua Native Fighter |
| Norway | Norwegian Officer |
| Pakistan | A Pakistan Officer, Punjab Regiment |
| Panama | A Fighting Indian of Panama |
| Paraguay | Mounted Policeman, Paraguay |
| Peru | Peruvian Dart Blower |
| Philippines | A Philippine Infantryman |
| Poland | Polish Officer, 1933 |
| Portugal | Honor Guardsman, Portuguese Legion |
| Pre-Revolutionary Jack | American Fighting Man, 1776 |
| Red Cross | American Red Cross, 1944 |
| Royal Air Force | Sergeant, Royal Air Force |
| Rumania | Private, Rumania, 1935 |
| Saudi Arabia | Arab Machine Gunner |
| Siam | Siamese Officer |
| Spain | Gendarme, Spain- 1885 |
| Sweden | Swedish Sailor, 1886 |
| Switzerland | Private, Fusiliers, Switzerland, 1880 |
| Syria | A Syrian Horseman |
| Tibet | Tibetan Marksman |
| Transjordan | Sergeant, Transjordan Frontier Force |
| Turkey | Sergeant of Ziebecks, Turkey, 1875 |
| U. S. Admiral | American Admiral |
| U. S. Marine Corps | Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps |
| Ukranian S.S.R. | Soldier of the Red Army |
| Union of South Africa | Sergeant-Major, Cape Town Highlanders, Union of South Africa |
| United Kingdom | Lancashire Fusilier, Great Britain |
| United States | Gen. Douglas MacArthur, United States |
| Uruguay | Trooper, Uruguay |
| USSR | Paratrooper, Russia |
| USSR Airforce | First Lieutenant, U.S.S.R. Air Corps |
| Venezuela | Guardsman, Venezuela, 1905 |
| Viking Flag | Viking Warrior, 12th Century |
| Yemen | Yemen Tribesman |
| Yugoslavia | Infantryman, Yugoslavia, 1941 |