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The player on the right has a mechanical lower jaw, formed by a fragment of a cigarette pack where Dix wrote jokingly "Unterkiefer: Prothese Mark: Dix", which means "lower jaw prosthesis, mark Dix", and is surrounded by a photo of himself who reads “Nur echt mit dem Bild des
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which the penis protrudes. One of the players holds his cards in his mouth, the second with his toes, and the other with a mechanical hand. Part of the head of the player on the left is burnt, and his left leg was replaced by a stick.
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