West Germany jewelry was famous for it’s high quality finish and gorgeous statement designs. Vintage pastel blue Lucite plastic bead collar necklace signed West Germany, circa 1960s. Vintage jewelry collectors may notice that West Germany brooches such as this one, are similar to ones from Czechoslovakia made in the 1930s to 1950s – according to one vintage jewelry collector I came across many years ago, this was due to an influx of Czechoslovakian jewelry designers coming to work in West Germany at the time.
One of the most beautiful vintage costume jewelry brooches I’ve owned is this circa 1960s old West Germany brooch, complete with stunning center amber-glass opalite glass stone. Sometimes jewelry pieces were signed Western Germany, or West Germany (pieces signed simply “Germany” were made prior to 1949, which I’ll talk about a little more, further down this article). The back of a necklace clasp, which has been signed “W. The following photos show some different types of signed ‘West Germany’ jewelry – I love how varied and beautiful it was.
Items were usually made from glass beads, plastic beads or glass stones, which were set into base metals. You can recognize this type of jewelry, as it is stamped “West Germany” on the back of the jewelry piece. Beautiful vintage costume jewelry that was made in the old West Germany comes in a stunning variety of styles and designs.
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