Russian playing cards by piatnik.
52 cards+ 3 jokers.
note the ace of diamonds. it bears an image of a pelican , feeding it's chicks on it's blood.
this act of maternal sacrifice is appopriate when you con sider that in the good old days, a tax was levied on theese cards, for the benifit of the imperial orphanage- sweet....
compare this deck with one produced about 50 years earlier.
http://anthonylesq.blogspot.com/2011/10/russian-playing-cards.html
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011
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russian playing cards
Russian playing cards, c. 1950
54 cards, 2 jokers, (identical)
I would greatly appreceate if anyone would translate the inscriptions on the cards
54 cards, 2 jokers, (identical)
I would greatly appreceate if anyone would translate the inscriptions on the cards
Box-
compare this with a deck from 2010
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