Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 26. Finns Defend Country
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09627.26 Author/Creator: Bowman Gum Company Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Trading card Date: 1951 Pagination: 1 collecting card Height: 6 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy
One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "26. Finns Defend Country" depicting soldiers in a winter landscape firing into tents, one dead soldier in the snow and one soldier readying a grenade. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative detailing Finland's position against communism in 1939, the Finnish army's retaliation and Russia's counterattack. Text notes that this led to Soviet Union's revoke of membership in the League of Nations.
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