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# 12

Design for a bunker, French, 18th century.

Drawn on this playing card is a design for a kind of bunker with two rooms. This fortification was apparently intended for permanent habitation because the drawing also shows a chimney. The upper sketch shows the plan view. The wall across from the entrance is equipped with an embrasure. Whether this kind of bunker was ever actually build, however, is unknown.

Playing card maker unknown, France 

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Gejus                                    

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