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Swiss playing cards. Occupation of the Borders 1914-1915, St Gallen: E. Funke & Cie, 1915, the complete Jass deck of 36 colour lithographed playing cards (original suits), the suits being: J for infantry (rifle bullets), A for artillary (gun shells), C for Cavalry (horse's heads), G for genius/pioneer (spades), the courts depicting army officers: kings = Hauptmann (captain), obers = Oberleutnant (lieutenant, or first lieutenant), unters = Korporal (corporal), the tens showing banners, soiled, browned and marked, few corner creases, ober of A and 8 of C each with small edge chip, 9 of C with surface loss to central blank area (just touching one horse), versos brown & blue plaid, each card 86 x 54 mm, together with: Jass de Luxe 10001, A.G. Müller, 1982, the complete deck of 36 offset playing cards (Swiss suits), the first edition of this design by Egbert Moehsnang, with muted colours, versos purple diamond pattern, rounded gilt corners, each card 89 x 57 mm, with original box and leaflet/questionnaire, with 13 other 20th century Swiss decks, including: Italian suited Tarot, by J. Müller & Cie of Schaffhouse, c.1975; Swiss Costumes, by AG Müller, c.1960; traditional Jass deck, by J. Müller & Cie, c.1975; Jass 11110 'Swiss Party Cards', by AG Müller, designed by Seppi Amrein (oversize cards), c.1950s, also several publicity packs and Basler Fasnachtskarten, a Tressette deck, all complete except a Tarot Classic deck by Müller & Cie (77 of 78, without trump X, but with 16 duplicates), a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 16 display boards/cards (the tarot ones double), the first board encapsulated in clear plastic, none examined out of boards, the remainder contained in clear plastic bags, several with original box, the boards 54.5 x 40 cm & similar (Quantity: 16) Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis. First item: Cartorama 45 #289; Schweizer Spielkarten 63; World Web Playing Cards Museum, WWPCM00346.