Bells

are a suit in

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of the Swiss-suited and

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. Unlike the other German suits, this suit was not adapted by French card makers. In its place, there was initially a suit of red crescents until the suit of

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was added to the French pack (known as tiles in France). The suit is usually known in German as ''Schellen'', but is sometimes abbreviated to ''Schell''. Cards are referred to as in a French deck e.g. the "9 of Bells", but in German as ''"Schellen 9"'', or the "Unter of Bells" (''Schellunter'' or ''Schell-Unter''). Bells are the lowest suit in Skat,

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and

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, but the second highest in

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. The 7 of Bells (''Schellen 7'') or, in

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the 6 of Bells (''Belle,

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'') is the second highest trump card in the game of

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. The gallery below shows a suit of Bells from a German suited pack of 32 cards, plus the ''

'' or 6 of Bells which is used in some games as an 'honour' card. The main pack is of the Saxonian pattern: File:Weli.jpg, 6 (''Weli'') File:Saxonian Deck - Bells - 07.jpg , 7 File:Saxonian Deck - Bells - 08.jpg , 8 File:Saxonian Deck - Bells - 09.jpg , 9 File:Saxonian Deck - Bells - 10.jpg, 10 File:Saxonian Deck - Bells - Unter.jpg , Unter File:Saxonian Deck - Bells - Ober.jpg , Ober File:Saxonian Deck - Bells - King.jpg ,

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File:Saxonian Deck - Bells - Deuce.jpg, Deuce

References

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