In January of this year I decided that I was going to complete a vintage set this year. I decided that since I was raised in a Navy family and am a Navy veteran I decided on the 1954 Bowman U.S. Navy Victories set. It is a 48 card set that goes back to the earliest days of the Navy up to the Korean Conflict. I would buy a couple of cards each payday (of course now I have duplicates of three cards) to complete. The fronts have painted scenes of Naval History on them and the back have a description of the scene. The back also has a picture of a Naval Insignia and the question of what the insignia represents. Between January and now I have been able to complete the set. This John Paul Jones card is the final card in the set.
Now I am deciding what 1950's non-sport set to work on next. I am choosing between the following sets:
1950 Topps Freedom's War
1951 Bowman Red Menace
1952 Bowman U.S. Presidents
1953 Topps Who-Z-At Star
1955 Topps Rails & Sails
1956 Topps Flags of the World
1957 Topps Hit Stars
1958 Topps Zorro
1959 Nu Card Rock and Roll
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