1950 Topps Freedom’s War Checklist

1950 Topps Freedom’s War trading cards are a mix of photographs and original artwork detailing the Korean War which America had entered the same year as this set’s release.

Cards dedicated to Korea and Ships feature original artwork while cards dedicated to Tanks, US Army, Planes, Canada, Insignia, Medals, and Heroes feature photographs. The subsets are mostly grouped together but are still randomly placed in the the checklist. If that wasn’t enough, the cards for Tanks were also die-cut “standups” so many of these cards were damaged by design, certain waves have captions on the front while other waves don’t, and the card back colors vary between tan or gray depending on the wave of release.

The varied art makes this a bit of a strange set — almost two sets in one — but with a checklist of 203 cards, all the above mentioned variants, issues with image centering, and damage thanks to Topps releasing two-panel cards with perforations, the set can be a challenge to complete in top quality.

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