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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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Wie Wird das Wetter 1952

Wie Wird das Wetter

Wie Wird das Wetter, a Black Peter game about the weather created by Gunter Eckhardt, published by Rudolf Forkel,1952.

Wild und Hund Skat 1977

Wild und Hund Skat

Hunting deck designed by Walter Niedl for “Wild und Hund” magazine, c.1977

Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908)

Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908)

Wilhelm Busch was a German caricaturist and humourist. Many card games made in Germany use his characters.

Wolfgang Dorn Werbe 1985

Wolfgang Dorn Werbe

Designs by Jürgen Pankarz for the 20th anniversary of the Wolfgang Dorn advertising agency, Cologne.

Wüst “Encyclopedic Tarot” 1890

Wüst “Encyclopedic Tarot”

“Encyclopedic Tarot” by C. L. Wüst with “bourgeois” views of life on the Trumps.

Wüst Costumes Suisses No.93 1900

Wüst Costumes Suisses No.93

Two version of a Swiss souvenir pack by C.L.Wúst

Wüst Lenormand deck, c.1860 1860

Wüst Lenormand deck, c.1860

Wüst Lenormand deck, c.1860

Wüst Oval Patience 1910

Wüst Oval Patience

C. L. Wüst Oval Patience Karten No. 240, beautifully printed by chromolithography, c.1910.

Wüst Oval Patience Playing Cards No.240 1910

Wüst Oval Patience Playing Cards No.240

A review of all three known versions

Wüst playing cards with International scenic aces 1900

Wüst playing cards with International scenic aces

A rarely seen pack of cards

Wüst Spanish pattern 1910

Wüst Spanish pattern

Wüst Spanish pattern c.1910 advertising Cuban ‘Tropical’ beer.

WW2 German Propaganda Playing Cards 1942

WW2 German Propaganda Playing Cards

showing satirical portraits of Allied leaders and politicians

XVII Century Engraved Animal Cards 1650

XVII Century Engraved Animal Cards

Anonymous French-suited German engraved cards c1610 to 1650.

Zwarte Piet 1906

Zwarte Piet

Zwarte Piet by Dondorf for the Dutch market, 1906.