Five 'o One playing cards

Above: eight cards from "Five 'o One" playing cards, a version of the Dondorf Rhineland pattern, manufactured by Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd in around 1936 for export to Denmark. Scandinavian indices K, D, Kn on the courts. Each suit is differentiated by a different colour glow in the background of the court figures.

 
Images courtesy John Berry. © 2003 The World of Playing Cards.