Not sure if this will help any as to dating when that premium was released, but as for the photograph used, it is strikingly similar to the one used for Red's 1948 Bowman card...could it have even been taken the same day? Note the way the bill on the cap was bent, and the piping on the uniform seems to match up, though hard to tell exact details due to the discoloration on the Bowman card. Anyhow, I just thought it might help add context to the dating of the photograph, which if in the same uniform, would have had to have been taken pre-1948.
PS. I've always loved having this Schoendienst 48B "rookie card" with such an early career signature inscribed and dated in 1949.
