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Around 1880, Alexander Twietmeyer in Leipzig issued the They were printed by the playing-card factory of Friedrich Günthel, also in Leipzig. The makers' names are on the Deuce of Bells.

Inside the box is a sticker which explains the advantages and designs. The form is chosen for easy shuffling, holding and ordering of the cards. The designs were made by Fedor Flinzer (1842 - 1911): They were intended to replace the "usual, not very pretty designs", and the court cards of the suits have been designed each with a theme:

Acorns:		Countrymen: hunter, stock-farmer, farmer
Leaves:		Artists: musician, painter, poet
Hearts:		Scholars: lawyer, physician, teacher
Bells:		Townsmen: soldier, craftsman, shopkeeper

The pack shown has German suit-signs, and there is a similar pack with French suit-signs.