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"Ambras" (Germany)
deck "Royal Household Servants"
handmade deck in castle Ambras (Tirol), 1440/1445
specific suits:
spade = "An eagle displayed" (Holy Empire)
heart = "A lion rampant, double queld crowned or." (Bohemia)
diamond = "Azurre, three fleurs-de-lys, or." (France)
club = "Barry of eight, azure and gules" (Hungary)
48 cards: king, queen, 10, 9..., 2, ace
deck was reprinted by "Piatnik" in 1976 for Heimeran (Munich) as "Hofamterspiel",
and printing now so, dimension 97x140 mm, leaflet 144 pages
My information from book H.T.Morley "Old and curious playing cards",
1931. Another information from site of Andrea
Pollett
Fourniur Museum: printed by "Ernst Rudolf Ragg" (Vienna), 1460.
And in my opinion it's a mistification of XIX c.