The main difference with the Type C deck lies in the use of indices instead of the in full written names for the kings, queens, jacks and aces, but there's also the introduction of a joker. In general the use of pink is intensified, giving more colour to the faces of the courts and it also intensifies the background on the aces.
I have called this a first version of the 5th edition and the following decks the second and third version, but in fact they are a 6th and 7th edition.

I've shown this version first, because of the small size of the indices. That's usually the earlier version. Note that the used numbers on the pip cards are even smaller than the indices. The numbers have the same height as in the Type C decks.
The back design doesn't show the usual clocks, but a patriotic design with "For Queen and Country" and to show the British status of a world power the names of a few colonies. Besides the UK India and Australia are separately mentioned, but Canada is accompanied by Africa. A bit bold, as the British presence on the African continent was limited. France had a strong presence in the North African region, but Germany and even Italy and Belgium had colonies in Africa.

The larger indices and numbers are not the only difference with the 1st version of the Type D decks. On the queen of hearts the colours of the dress have been exchanged and the "characters" card has minor differences with the previous one.

The deck came without the outer box , so I can't check to see if it also had a title card and description card on it. It is remarkable that all the Type D decks consist of 54 cards: 52 regular cards and 2 other ones. Those can be the joker and the characters card, but also the description card and the characters one. See the 3rd version here below.

I've nicknamed this "the green version", as green is the dominating colour. Dudley Ollis described it as "different edition - green instead of blue, and fine shading added to the clothes of several courts". 

However, the blue hasn't completely disappeared. There's a tiny bit of blue left, on the top of the star on Martha Washington's staff. I have been wondering if something went wrong with the blue and yellow in the printing process, as the green result renders the flag of France rather looking like the Italian one. And the American flag...... oh dear!

The deck came in the original box, which is not a two-piece sliding box, but a single one made of regular carton. The deck doesn't have a joker, but two extra cards. However, I believe that this version is complete too. As the title card is glued on the back of the box, apparently the info cards were considered more important than the presence of a joker.

The attentive visitor may have noticed that in the intro I spoke of 7 decks in the lot, but have so far only shown 6. The 7th deck is a Type D 2nd version deck, but only with one extra card, so I guess the joker is missing. It came in the inner box only and the deck is in poor condition. However, it has a back design, that hasn't been shown yet. So....

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