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German playing cards

Card-playing rapidly became popular in medieval Bavaria and German printers were quick to supply the goods.

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Munteres Mogeln

Munteres Mogeln

Munteres Mogeln (Cheerful Cheating) in-flight card game for Lufthansa.

Münz-Spiel GmbH 1993

Münz-Spiel GmbH

Advertising playing cards for a data bureau depicting German politicians.

Musikalisches Kartenspiel 2004

Musikalisches Kartenspiel

Facsimile of Dondorf’s “Musikalisches Kartenspiel” (c.1862) published by Lo Scarabeo, 2004

Musikinstrumente 1984

Musikinstrumente

Musikinstrumente quartet game published by Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pössneck, 1984.

My Fair Lady 1967

My Fair Lady

Theatre programme in the form of a pack of cards. East Germany, c.1967.

Mythological and Allegorical tarot

Mythological and Allegorical tarot

Mythological and Allegorical tarot produced by Peter Paul Fetscher junior, Munich.

Mythological tarot by Michael Schatzberger 1825

Mythological tarot by Michael Schatzberger

Mythological tarot by Michael Schatzberger, Passau, Bavaria, early 19th century.

Naipe PAYADOR by F.X. Schmid (Argentina) S.A.

Naipe PAYADOR by F.X. Schmid (Argentina) S.A.

Naipe Español "PAYADOR ®"

Naipes Finos — No.304 Spanish Pack 1902

Naipes Finos — No.304 Spanish Pack

Spanische Spielkarten "Naipes Finos" No.304, manufactured by B. Dondorf designed by the catalan artist Apel-les Mestres, Barcelona, 1902.

Narren-Karte, c.1860 1860

Narren-Karte, c.1860

Narren-Karte by Christian Heinrich Reuter, Nürnberg, c.1860.

Nationaal Speelkaart Nº 165

Nationaal Speelkaart Nº 165

Wüst: Nationaal Speelkaart Nº 165 issued for the Dutch market

Natural History Tarot 1810

Natural History Tarot

Natural History Tarot published by G M, Germany, early 19th C.

Naval and Military Families 1910

Naval and Military Families

Naval and Military Families produced by Prince and Princess Louis of Battenberg, printed by Ernst Nister of Nuremberg, c.1905-10.

Neue Deutsche Spielkarte 1883

Neue Deutsche Spielkarte

Neue Deutsche Spielkarte (Reformkarte) conceived by Dr. Timon Schroeter, 1883.

Neues Frag˗ und Antwortspiel 2002

Neues Frag˗ und Antwortspiel

Neues Frag- und Antwortspiel (new question and answer game) from Germany.

No.407 Naipe Español by F. X. Schmid

No.407 Naipe Español by F. X. Schmid

Naipe Español No.407 by F. X. Schmid, c.1980.

Nokia II 1990

Nokia II

Advertising pack for the Finnish firm Nokia showing different mobile phones.

Nordbräu Ingolstadt 1989

Nordbräu Ingolstadt

Publicity pack for the German brewery Nordbräu with Bavarian pattern courts (adapted).

North German Pattern

North German Pattern

The North German pattern appeared in the mid-19th century, derived from the French ‘Paris’ pattern,

Notgeld - Emergen¢y Money

Notgeld - Emergen¢y Money

Notgeld - Emergency Money - was in rare cases issued on playing cards.