Scouting playing cards

The slogan on the back of these cards reads “scouting, da’s Durven” which means “scouting, that’s Daring”. The cards therefore show some of the “daring” activities in which scouts and guides may engage. Every card is illustrated in a cartoon style, with the court cards having a different design at each end, and some of the pips on the numeral cards being “transformed”. VVKSM was the Flemish Federation of Catholic Scouts and Guides. It changed its name in 2006 to SGV (Scouts and Guides of Flanders). The indices are in Dutch. See the box►

Above: Scouting playing cards printed by Carta Mundi for VVKSM vzw, Antwerp, Belgium, 2003. 52 cards + 2 Jokers (marked with scout and guide emblems in the four corners) + extra card in tuck box. Size: 56 x 87 mm.