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JKa stamp on clasp indicates made by J. Köhle, a historic German Jewelry manufacturer founded in 1919 in Pforzheim, Germany
Estimated age 1960s
Stamped 585 on the clasp
The very large, heavy, 25 beads are approx. 17mm each and are handknotted on a blue silk cord in order that they not rub against each other
PLEASE EXAMINE THE PHOTOS CAREFULLY AS I AM NOT A JEWELER, EXPERT OR STORE.
This necklace belonged to my mother in law. She passed in 1999, and it has been unworn and in a bank vault since then.