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This is another Swiss souvenir pack that was produced around 1900 by C. L. Wüst in Frankfurt/Main. This is called

The maker's trademark is on the Jack of Clubs. It is a successor pack to the Charactères et Vues Suisses made by the same maker earlier.

Again there are views from Switzerland on the Aces, and the persons on the court cards wear costumes from Swiss cantons. In detail, you can see (in the order Ace, King, Queen, Jack):

Clubs:	Interlaken / Lausanne Thurgau / Bern Genève / Schwyz Frybourg / Uri
Spades:	Lac des IV. cantons / Berne Tessin / Schwyz Uri / Fribourg Glarus / Graubünden
Hearts:	unnamed (Neuchâtel / Genève) Zug / St. Gallen Vaud / Valais Unterwalden / Bern
Diamonds:	Vevey / Thoune Schaffhausen / Soleure Appenzell / Bern Basel / Aargau

There also exists a slightly different version, with modified courts and views. The characteristic difference is that the place names on the Aces are not in the centre circle, but at the top and bottom end.