This is a mystery deck exclusive variant - Official Smokey Bear playing cards. Produced in association with the USDA Forest Service, the cards feature Smokey and twelve of his closest woodland friends, along with fire-prevention tips illustrated throughout the deck by Sam Larson. Packaged in a nostalgic letterpress-printed tuck box. Sustainably-produced using FSC certified paper and vegetable-based inks on our trademark thin-stock and finish. Printed by The United States Playing Card Company.

40 and 8 was and is a US legionary founded in the 1920’s after WWI. It’s got a strange history to it but effectively functions as a scholarship program now for nursing students. During WWII they supplied soldiers with over 4 million decks. I am unsure of the year these were made but it is safe to say it is a tribute deck made later on to its history.