Please help me date my grandmothers pearls

[Kristina]

I inherited these pearls they are ny grandmothers
They were broken and re strung but not amazingly done the clasp has JKA 925 on it
My mother said my grandfather brought these for my grandmother during the war
I’m just trying to figure out how old they are what year roughly
Thank you

 

[Kristina]

They came in this box but from the research I’ve done the clasp on the pearls doesn’t match that company or have it’s M logo on the clasp

 

[Pearl Dreams]

It's a nice graduated strand of akoya pearls, but without a Mikimoto clasp or documentation, you can't be sure of the brand, since any necklace can be put in any box-- even by sellers. But no matter, they are beautiful and lustrous, and most importantly, a very sentimental piece.

These graduated "momme" or "3.5 momme" strands, as they were called (momme being a unit of weight) were sold in Japan during the WWII / Korean War era. Pearls are sold by weight so graduating the size of the pearls kept the cost down, and many men serving in the Far East bought these necklaces for their sweethearts.

If you know which war your grandfather served in, you can narrow down how old they are.