Historic playing cards Wrapper

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Xylographed wrapper, printed on handmade mulberry paper.
The device is my SCA arms, and the bold claims of my talents are a take on various examples that have survived, rather than my ego.
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Wrappers such as this seem to be the most common solution, but don’t work well for the field. Fortunately. it cuts up nicely on a box

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3294236&partId=1&searchText=playing+cards&page=26

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308414&partId=1&searchText=playing+cards&page=17

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