I'm a big fan of the set.
at first I wasn't keen on the portraits, but have grown to like a lot of them as well.
my first subset attempt was recruit "bat, belt, glove showing" seems like I got within a McKechnie of finishing that. By then I had decided I also liked a lot of the portraits and also read either an article or a post by I think Tim N which suggested that the recruits may have been issued in 2 series, with the 2nd series being a bit tougher.
So, I shifted to a recruit 2nd series subset which included a few portraits. Didn't get as close on that one when life got in the way and I had to stop my pursuit.
Never picked up any broadleafs due to the cost, but I do enjoy most of the the cards in the set (there are definitely some duds though) .
The Speaker is one of my favorite pre-war cards. I believe this one came from Mac of OBC fame.
I typing all this from memory so excuse me if some of the facts or names are off.
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