The "D-Day" 1944

THE D-DAY NECKLACE

1944

D-Day code name "Operation Overlord" lands about 150,000 men on the Normandy coast

And in August the allied forces finally liberate the city of Paris, France

This necklace is fashioned with 22 yummy chevron/mellon style striped Antique Venetian Glass African Trade Beads (I got these on EBAY from Africa and More a dealer of Antique Trade Beads with a 100% positive feedback profile on 2037 transactions) and they do show some beautiful age, so please click the picture to make it BIG and get a closer look! 

There are also 24 small and brilliantly colorful antique Millefiori beads (most probably they are of Venetian origin). The beads are strung onto two segments of solid copper wire of about 16-18G. The clasp is handcrafted from copper wire. The focus pendant is a single antique Walking Liberty type U.S. silver half dollar dated 1944 that has been purposefully buffed & shined and also 'holed' for hanging, and in this case I did punch the hole myself. 

I mention this because some of the coins I procure have holes in them already and some do not and I make a point of distinction between an existing hole and a hole I have punched.

The single bead at the pendant is an antique glass 'cane wound' blue barrel with red stripe. These beads, I am told, were created for use in the North American Indian Trade.

Isn't this a pretty neck piece?

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