Victory Artistic Gold Box wooden jigsaw puzzle 1000 Pieces 28”x22” Silent Sentry

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Victory Artistic Gold Box wooden jigsaw puzzle 1000 Pieces 28”x22” Silent Sentry.
Counted and all 1000 pieces in box. I have not put the puzzle together.
G. J. Hayter & Co Ltd. was founded in 1927 and based in Boscombe Bournemouth, England.[1] The company was the manufacturer of plywood jigsaw puzzles named 'Victory' since 1932.[2]
Although the jigsaw puzzle producers like Hayter flourished in the 1930s, through the concept of the weekly jigsaw puzzle, the English Victory puzzles, found in department stores in the 1950s and 1960s, almost completely vanished. [3]
The company became a subsidiary of board game manufacturer J. W. Spears and Sons in 1970. Spears continued the production of plywood jigsaw puzzles and named them “Victory Gold Box Series” up until 1988.[4]
Thousands of Victory puzzles are preserved in private collections.
After 1970 and under Spears and Sons management, the company focused on a series based on the older Artistic series, but more loosely cut and packaged in a distinctive gold box. The company eventually dropped the word "Artistic" and simply referred to the series as Gold Box Series. Spears continued producing these puzzles up until 1988.
A characteristic of these puzzles were a number of special cut pieces that had a familiar figure look such as a boat, a plane, a sword, a heart etc. Also, no guide pictures were printed on the box. As quoted on the label: "NO GUIDE PICTURE is provided with this Gold Box VICTORY Jig Saw puzzle. To do so would destroy much of its absorbing interest. The greatest pleasure is derived from not knowing beforehand the subject which the Puzzle will make and then to see the picture gradually form as the pieces are assembled."
In-box puzzle print outs, show that the Gold Box Series numbered a total of 126 puzzles.