1916 Player’s Napoleon trading cards were another in a long line of releases by the British cigarette company that featured beautiful artwork and a simple design now synonymous with the tobacco card era.
The checklist for this retelling of Napoleon’s life is a simple 25 cards and the card backs offer a great deal of historical information for those who turn the cards over. While it is not uncommon to find these cards for sale in varying degrees of quality, collectors should beware that there was a reprint of this set in 1989.
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1916 Player’s Napoleon Checklist
Base Set – 25 Cards
| 1 | The Emperor Napoleon I |
| 2 | Napoleon’s Birthplace |
| 3 | Buonaparte at Brienne, 1779 |
| 4 | Buonaparte Under Arrest, 1794 |
| 5 | Bonaparte at Lodi, 1796 |
| 6 | Bonaparte at Arcola, 1796 |
| 7 | Bonaparte and the Sentry, 1796 |
| 8 | Bonaparte at Rivoli, 1797 |
| 9 | Bonaparte in Egypt, 1798 |
| 10 | Bonaparte Lends his Horse, 1799 |
| 11 | Bonaparte Crossing the Alps, 1800 |
| 12 | Coronation of Napoleon, 1804 |
| 13 | Napoleon at Boulogne, 1805 |
| 14 | The Surrender of Vienna, 1805 |
| 15 | The Eve of Austerlitz, 1805 |
| 16 | Napoleon’s Interview with Francis I., 1805 |
| 17 | The Eve of Jena, 1806 |
| 18 | The Battle of Friedland, 1807 |
| 19 | Napoleon’s Marriage with Marie Louise, 1810 |
| 20 | Napoleon Before Moscow, 1812 |
| 21 | After Moscow, 1812 |
| 22 | Ney’s Rearguard Action, 1812 |
| 23 | The Crossing of the Beresina, 1812 |
| 24 | Napoleon Leaves for Paris, 1812 |
| 25 | Napoleon’s Abdication, 1814 |