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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Quaterionenadler_David_de_Negker.jpg
The socalled Quaterionen-Adler, attempting to present the German Empire in playing card size, with 48 (4x12) units (common German decks had often 4x12-structure) and 8 extra trumps as there are the 7 Kurfürsten and the "Potestat zu Rom" (probably nothing else than the pope).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Schedelsche_Weltchronik_Struktur_des_Reiches.jpg
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Quaterionenadler_David_de_Negker.jpg
The socalled Quaterionen-Adler, attempting to present the German Empire in playing card size, with 48 (4x12) units (common German decks had often 4x12-structure) and 8 extra trumps as there are the 7 Kurfürsten and the "Potestat zu Rom" (probably nothing else than the pope).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Schedelsche_Weltchronik_Struktur_des_Reiches.jpg
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