Artwork so realistic you can almost hear the explosions from the cannons and the shooting down and sinking of the planes and ships. This Horrors of War piece is typical of the series. They’re done as artworks-little watercolors. The board is black ink, with tracing paper put over the ink drawings and with watercolors used to color it in. The “Horrors of War” series was drawn by Charles Steinbacher, and produced by the appropriately named GUM, Inc. of Philadelphia, PA (a piece of gum, of course, was included in the package). Over 100 million Horrors of War trading cards were produced. All were printed off the series of original artwork pieces -- including this one. “To know the Horrors of War is to want Peace.” Those words were the slogan on the back of cards. Those difficult words also told the frightening story of what these “cards of war” signified. This piece measures 7 1/2 x 9 1/2” (approx.) and consists of the heavy black ink piece of artboard as well as the color overlay on tracing paper. There is minor glue damage from adhesive and production art smudges and pencil markings. This one of a kind piece of original trading card artwork (pencil marked 31) was lost for decades.