Modern version of a deck originally made in the 1500s when the French adapted the Italian Tarrock. Cards are large at 2.5 x 4 3/4 inches, or 6.5 x 12.3 cm

TURUN LINNA Finnish convex playing cards by Esselte Obergs AB Eskilstuna. The court cards feature Kings & Queens of Sweden that have been involved with the castle ‘Åbo slott’ (in Finnish Turun linna). Åbo is the Swedish name of a town in Finland that had been a market place for a long time before the building of a cathedral and a castle (in Swedish: slott) was started in 1280. Finland belonged to Sweden for several hundred years. The castle is shown on the backs of the cards. The deck also comes in light-brown color.

Odd sized 33 card deck with European suits. German suited. This is the Austrian version of the 'Seasons Pattern'

52 Baccarà cards + 2 Joker + 2 Blanks

Scans of each card can be seen at www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Tarot/JJSwiss.html

The 1JJ Swiss Tarot is an older style of tarot deck, a Marseilles variant. The cards are reprints of early woodcut designs, printed in black and coloured with blocks of red, blue, green and yellow. Titles are in French.

Partial deck for playing the card game Skat

DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik = GDR, German Democratic Republic. This is DDR 2, a standard German pattern that is much used and has many variations. Walter Krauss lived 1908 - 1985 and designed many card decks.

Guerre de Vendee decks come in two versions: Les Blancs and Les Bleus. The two decks depict two armies fighting over Vendee region in France between 1793-1801. Les Blancs depicts French monarchists and Les Bleus depicts French republicans. Both decks have their own set of courts, jokers and aces and were printed by Grimaud in 1982.

Guerre de Vendee decks come in two versions: Les Blancs and Les Bleus. The two decks depict two armies fighting over Vendee region in France between 1793-1801. Les Blancs depicts French monarchists and Les Bleus depicts French republicans. Both decks have their own set of courts, jokers and aces and were printed by Grimaud in 1982.

The Origine range is ideal for players who want to acquire quality card games in the purest French tradition.

This is a "Great Russia Standard" playing cards by Piatnik. No. 1133. Quality of paper is very good as usual for Piatnik, but the print is sort of blurry compare to a Soviet Union reprint at least. The original design is from "Atlasnye/Satin" deck by Adolf Charlemagne made in 1860. Deck preview on Flickr