DSA Textil Berlin

Special deck produced by VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik for German textile manufacturers Erste Deutsche Sack-Centrale / DSA Textil Berlin. The court cards, aces and jokers feature cartoons of cute animals (cats or lemurs?) with striped tails.

Above: special deck for Erste Deutsche Sack-Centrale / DSA Textil Berlin manufactured by VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik (aka “Cœur”), c.1970. One of the designs has a hessian pattern on the reverse with lettering, the other has "DSA Textil Berlin" in the centre. 52 cards + 3 jokers.

CREDITS & REFERENCES

Images courtesy Rex Pitts.

Additional research by Matt Probert.