Banner (playing card)
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The Banner is a playing card used in Swiss-suited cards and which historically formed part of the standard 36- or 48-card German-suited packs. It is equivalent to a 10, being ranked between a 9 and an
The Banner of Shields from an 1850 Swiss pack
Banner of Hearts from a 48-card, German-suited, German pattern pack dating to c. 1545
Banner of Leaves from a 48-card, German-suited, Polish pattern pack dating to 1537
Unter (playing card)
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The Unter, formerly Untermann, nicknamed the Wenzel, Wenz or Bauer, and also called the Under, is the court card in German and Swiss-suited playing cards that corresponds to the Jack in French packs.
The four Unters in a German pack of cards (Bavarian pattern, Stralsund type)
An Under of Acorns in a Swiss German pack, c. 1850, with the acorn near the bottom