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Around 1936, Rudolf Nussgruber, Vienna, edited (and presumably designed) the They were printed by the playing-card factory F. X. Schmid in Munich. The name of the editor together with his logo is normally on the Deuce cards (here on the Deuce of Hearts), The logo of the maker is on the Seven of Hearts.

The pack shown here is an advertising pack for Blankstahlwerke Herbert Langer, and their logo is on the Deuce cards.

Together with the packs come different extra cards or paper sheets explaining the advantages of the cards for assembling them. Such a sheet is shown at the bottom.

There is also an Olympia-Spielkarte with French suit-signs, which has slightly different court cards.