Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1958 United States Marine Corps HMR(L)-261 full-size lighter by Vulcan. Also known as the "Raging Bulls", the squadron flew H-34 Choctaws. The front of the lighter has an...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1954 7th Marines Staff NCO Club Korea factory engraved lighter with a factory applied 1st Marine Division enameled badge at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1954. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s French aviation cigarette case. One cover shows France in relation to its neighboring countries, and the other side shows France on her own with all of her largest...