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Piatnik Playing Cards
Specifications
Piatnik Playing Cards
Category
Military
Classification
CHENHALL - Recreational Objects - Game Equipment - Game - Game, Card - Card, Playing
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Object Origin
Manufacturer:
Ferd. Piatnik & Söhne
Date Manufactured:
c. 1940
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Nine (9) playing cards. The backs of the cards have a brown and beige tartan pattern. There are seven (7) face cards, including the king of leaves (a), the unter of acorns (b), the deuce of acorns (d), the ober of leaves (e), the king of bells (f), the deuce of leaves (g), and the ober of hearts (h), as well as a ten of acorns card (c), and a nine of hearts card (i). Text is written on the ten and nine cards. Black markings in the center of the d...
Materials:
paper
Marks: On ten card: "LINZ HAUPTPLATZ" On nine card: "LEIPZIG VÖLKERSCHL.DENKM."
Measurements: Object A:
Height: 4 in, Length: 2.25 in
Credit
Gift of Beatrice Blackiston, 1995.1.2a-i
Display Status
On Exhibit
Piatnik Playing Cards
About: Piatnik Playing Cards
About: Piatnik Playing Cards
This card deck is for playing Skat, a popular game with German sailors and soldiers alike. Card games were one of the few recreational activities that could keep submariners preoccupied during their patrols.
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