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This is a well-known pack that was produced around 1860 by C. L. Wüst in Frankfurt/Main. The maker's name is not shown on the cards, but other versions with the trademark on the Jack of Clubs are known. I am showing this quite at the bottom from another pack in my collection.

This is an early souvenir pack: on the Aces are views from Switzerland, and the persons on the court cards wear costumes from different Swiss cantons. In detail, you can see (in the order Ace, King, Queen, Jack):

Clubs:	Berne / Chapelle de Guillaume Tell Berne / Thurgovie Fribourg / Genève Grisons / Glaris
Spades:	Thoune / Vevey Schwytz / Tessin Saint-Gall / Zurich Uri / Fribourg
Hearts:	Lausanne / Interlaken (with a tax stamp from the Canton Bern) Soleure / Schaffhouse Lucerne / Soleure Unterwalden / Berne
Diamonds:	Rigi-Staffel / Neuchatel Saint-Gall / Zug Unterwalden / Schwytz Argovie / Bâle

A different but very similar pack by an unknown maker is also in my collection.