1916 Wills Military Motors trading cards highlighted the finest machines in the British army during World War I. This set of 50 trading cards was distributed in packs of Wills cigarettes and each card comes in two different versions. One version includes the text, “Passed for publication by the Press Bureau 21-9-16” on the bottom border of the card and the other version was released without that text.
Each card front featured a full-color illustration and the back of the card gave a detailed description of the vehicle presented on the front. Collectors should beware that a reprint of this set was released in 1994 but the reprint set only has the “Passed for publication…” variant.
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1916 Wills Military Motors Checklist
Base Set – 50 Cards
| 1 | Anti-aircraft Gun Motor |
| 2 | Armoured Car with Grapnel |
| 3 | Armoured Tricycle |
| 4 | Caterpillar Tractor |
| 5 | Motor Baths |
| 6 | Motor Buses |
| 7 | Motor Cycle |
| 8 | Motor Cycle Maxim |
| 9 | Motor Fortress |
| 10 | Motor Horse Ambulance |
| 11 | Motor Laboratory |
| 12 | Motor Raft |
| 13 | Motor Restaurant |
| 14 | Motor Searchlight |
| 15 | Motor Soup Kitchen |
| 16 | Officer’s Side Car |
| 17 | Wireless Motor |
| 18 | Motor Lorry |
| 19 | Motor Searchlight |
| 20 | Motor Ambulance |
| 21 | Motor Repairing-Shop |
| 22 | Motor Machine Gun Battery |
| 23 | Motor Ambulances |
| 24 | Motor Transports |
| 25 | Motor Ambulance |
| 26 | Armoured Car |
| 27 | Motor Kichen |
| 28 | Motor Mitrailleuse |
| 29 | Flying Corps Motor |
| 30 | Motor Ambulance |
| 31 | Motor Ambulance, Disguised |
| 32 | Motor Auto-Gun |
| 33 | Motor Balloon Lorry |
| 34 | Motor Bus |
| 35 | Motor Cycle Ambulance |
| 36 | Motor Operating Theatre |
| 37 | Motor Pigeon-Cote |
| 38 | Motor Railway Engine |
| 39 | Motor Searchlight |
| 40 | Motor Tractor |
| 41 | Motor Wire Cutter |
| 42 | King Victor’s Car |
| 43 | Motor Transports |
| 44 | Wireless Motor |
| 45 | Armoured Cars |
| 46 | Motor Postal Car |
| 47 | Motor Repairing Shop |
| 48 | X-Ray Ambulance |
| 49 | Armoured Cars |
| 50 | Motor Ambulance |