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Shields (suit)
Shields (), also called Escutcheons, is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of Swiss-suited playing cards. This suit was invented in 15th century German speaking lands and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits. One example from the mid-15th century is a five-suited deck with the Latin suits plus a suit of shields. Another example, is the Hofämterspiel, a medieval handmade deck from 1453 to 1457 where each suit depicts shields carrying different coat of arms of four kingdoms: France, Germany, Bohemia and Hungary. It is equivalent to the German Hearts (suit), as both the shields and hearts suits lower halves end in a point. The deuce of shields also feature hearts in its design. Characteristics As its name suggests, the shield symbol is a stylized depiction of a warrior's shield in yellow. The coat of arms varies from deck to deck. In the German language, the shield is called . Shields appear as one of fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Swiss-suited Playing Cards
Parts of Swiss German speaking Switzerland have their own deck of playing cards referred to as Swiss-suited playing cards or Swiss-suited cards. They are mostly used for Jass, the "national card game" of Switzerland. The deck is related to the various German playing cards. Within Switzerland, these decks are called German or Swiss German cards. Distribution of the Swiss deck is roughly east of the Brünig-Napf-Reuss line, in canton of Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen (and in adjacent Liechtenstein), Appenzell, Thurgau, Glarus, canton of Zurich, Zürich, all of Central Switzerland and the eastern part of Aargau. Cards The suit (cards), suits are as follows: The most common deck has 36 cards, nine of each suit. The card values are, in ascending order, :six, seven, eight, nine, ''Banner (playing card), Banner'' (ten), ''Unter (playing card), Under'', ''Ober (playing card), Ober'', ''King (playing card), König'', ''Deuce (playing card), As''. For the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
