Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Scorpio lighter for United States Navy divers. The front of the lighter has a brass emblem of a diver helmet buoyed up by two game seahorses. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/16" height and 1-1/2" width and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Crest-Craft lighter for the United States Air Force Security Service, which operated from 1948 to 1979 as an intelligence branch. The front of the lighter has an enameled USAFSS emblem, upon which is displayed a globe, a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Konwal erotic novelty lighter for the United States Navy. The front of the lighter reads MEMORY OF OKINAWA and shows a robed woman admiring a bird. The reverse of the lighter shows a disrobed woman smelling a flower...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Universe erotic novelty lighter for the United States Navy. The front of the lighter reads MEMORY OF OKINAWA and shows a robed woman admiring a bird. The reverse of the lighter shows a disrobed woman smelling a flower...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1969 Penguin Mate lighter presented by the Tan Son Nhut Officers Open Mess to A.G. Jewell. The front of the lighter shows a map of Vietnam and the reverse has the recipient's name and the date engraved on it. VINTAGE: Circa 1969...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Vulcan lighter for the United States Navy Patrol Squadron 4The medallion on the front of the lighter shows a sight set on a bomb-toting duck coasting above the water. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is an absolutely tasteless and vulgar Korean novelty lighter by Venus. The front of the lighter reads KOREA and shows a couple taking an intimate lunch break. VINTAGE: Circa Korean War. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/2" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese-made full-size risque' novelty lighter by TOKYO from the Korean War era. The front of the lighter reads KOREA on top and YOU AND YOUR DAMN MIDNIGHT SNACKS! at bottom, and shows a discontented bare-breasted woman in bed...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s Rolf "Trench-style" cigarette lighter. This "AUTOMATIC STORM PROOF" lighter was made in Austria and is marked with a patent number. The lighter is complete and in excellent condition. VINTAGE: Circa 1920's - 1930's...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1958 183rd Anniversary of Marine Corps Commemorative Lighter from Sasebo Japan. The front shows a USMC Eagle, Globe and Anchor, with writing 183rd Anniversary US Marine Corps. It comes with original box. VINTAGE: Circa 1958...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960 US Marine Corps Sasebo Japan lighter. The front shows Eagle, globe and anchor and reads Marine Barracks, Sasebo Japan, 185th Marine Corps Birthday 1775-1960. The reverse shows USMC Barracks at Sasebo Japan. VINTAGE: Circa 1960's...

ARTIFACT: This is an elegant cloisonne cigarette case made in Peking for one Michael Tschetter, a China Marine. Tschetter was in the Company A Detachment American Legation, which was in China from December 1929 to November 1940. The entire case has a...