VICTORIA 4500 by F. X. Schmid (Argentina) S.A.
Naipe Español VICTORIA 4500 by F. X. Schmid (Argentina) S.A.
Naipe Español "Victoria ®" 4500 published by F.X. Schmid Argentina S.A., Aristóbulo del Valle 1257, Buenos Aires, c.1970. 48 cards + 2 jokers, manufactured in West Germany. Naipes "Victoria" was formerly a brand name belonging to Cia Fabril Financiera, but it now appears to be registered by Schmid Argentina S.A. The cards are identical to those published earlier by Cia Fabril Financiera, including the gladiator logo on the four of cups and box. The design of the jokers is copied from Fournier. An F.X. Schmid logo has been added to the ace of swords and also the box.
Above: Naipe Español "Victoria ®" 4500 published by F.X. Schmid Argentina S.A., c.1970. 48 cards + 2 jokers, manufactured in West Germany.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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