Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a nice 1973 Zippo ship lighter for US Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WHEC-715). The Hamilton was based in Boston MA and named for Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and founder of the United States...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1968 US Navy River Patrol Section 532 Konwal lighter. It is Japanese made with vietnamese engraving, as well as an emblem for River Squadron It has a PBR (River Patrol Boat) #22 on one side. The front is engraved with...

ARTIFACT: This is a great ashtray from the Wichita Hotel in the shape of a cowboy hat. The ashtray is reminiscent of an oversized Monopoly piece and reads LASSEN HOTEL WICHITA, KANS. FAMOUS FOR IT'S (sic) FOOD on the brim. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1998 US NAVY CPO Zippo Lighter with factory applied USN Chief Petty Officer Insignia. VINTAGE: Circa May 1998. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2-1/4" in height by 1/2" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated brass. Factory...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States destroyer ship Zippo lighter with factory engraving. It was made by the Zippo manufacturing Corporation of Bradford, PA for the United States Destroyer Ship Arthur W. Radford DD-96The ship's logo is factory-engraved on...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s USS Arlington AGMR-2 Presentation Ship Lighter. Factory engraved and factory applied enamel logo. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s . SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2-1/4" in height by 1/2" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s USS Bon Homme Richard CVA 31 carrier ship lighter by Prince. The ship is an aircraft carrier, US Naval Aviation and the ship's logo is factory applied. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s-early 1960s. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War era Zippo lighter engraved in-country to the United States Army 443rd Quartermaster Depot. The soldier's name (A.C. Fate) is engraved beneath KOREA 54-55, as well as a dragon and the 8th Army and US Forces Far East insignia...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce WWII "Wartime Model" Ronson Lighter with box, obviously carried by a GI during the war. It is especially rare that he happened to save the box with the "Wartime Model" label. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1951 2nd Infantry Div Korean War Lighter, with factory applied logo of the Division and private jeweler engraved "2nd Inf. Div." on back. VINTAGE: Circa 1951. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2-1/4" in height by about 1/2 in depth...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II ashtray from the United States Army Tank Destroyer Center at Camp Hood, Texas. The ashtray shows the "tank-eating tiger" crushing a tank in its jaws and reads SEEK... STRIKE DESTROY. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1973 "JUMPING AMBASSADORS" US Army Airborne Parachute Team Zippo Lighter with factory engraved logo. VINTAGE: Circa 1973. SIZE: About 1-1/4" in width by 2-1/4" in height by about 7/16" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome...