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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 567982, member: 2844"]I think your locket is early 20th century. I also think there could be an iron cross reference. The iron cross was instituted in 1813, so long before this locket was made.</p><p>Maybe a relative or sweetheart of a bearer of the iron cross wore this with his photo and a lock of hair inside?</p><p>If the German tradition is anything like the Dutch tradition, this was probably not a mourning locket. The Dutch used to wear silver for mourning, gold was considered to happy a colour, ostentatious during mourning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although this is not miltaria per se, maybe [USER=654]@kristiaan[/USER] has an idea about this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 567982, member: 2844"]I think your locket is early 20th century. I also think there could be an iron cross reference. The iron cross was instituted in 1813, so long before this locket was made. Maybe a relative or sweetheart of a bearer of the iron cross wore this with his photo and a lock of hair inside? If the German tradition is anything like the Dutch tradition, this was probably not a mourning locket. The Dutch used to wear silver for mourning, gold was considered to happy a colour, ostentatious during mourning. Although this is not miltaria per se, maybe [USER=654]@kristiaan[/USER] has an idea about this?[/QUOTE]
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