Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1938 Zippo with factory-engraved initials, GWC. Sometime in the 1960s the lighter was obviously sent back to the factory for hinge repair. At that time, a NICKEL 5-barrel hinge was put in the lighter and the original guts were...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory engraved slim Zippo lighter made for use by Electric power companies showing the famous Reddy Kilowatt logo. On the reverse the Central Illinois Public Service company had their logo privately, but professionally engraved...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1954 Zippo lighter with a factory-engraved fly-fishing scene. The lighter has a chromed brass case with a nickel insert. VINTAGE: Circa 1954. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/2" width and 1/2" thickness. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1954 Zippo lighter with a factory-engraved advertisement for Meyer's Sea Food featuring a lobster. The lighter has a chromed brass case with a chromed steel insert. VINTAGE: Circa 1954. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a mint, unfired circa 1968 Zippo lighter with a Shriners' (aka the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine) medallion. The Shriners began in 1871 as an ideological offshoot of the Freemasons with an initial flair for...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1947-1948 Zippo lighter with a factory-engraved "SS" advertisement with a Deco design. The lighter is in chromed brass with a nickel insert. VINTAGE: Circa 1947-1948. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/2" width and 1/2"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1946 factory-engraved Zippo lighter advertising Diehl Motor Truck Bodies of Richmond Hill, New York. VINTAGE: Circa 1946. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/2" width and " in thickness. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1947 Zippo lighter with a factory-engraved sailboat. The lighter is in chromed nickel with a nickel insert. VINTAGE: Circa 1947. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/2" width and 1/2" thickness. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a March 1989 United States Army Southern European Task Force (SETAF) Italian Carabinieri Forces Zippo. The lighter is nicely enameled with a red, white and blue shield showing a winged lion bearing the word PAZ (peace). VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1978 Zippo lighter for the United States Navy's USS Ogden LPD-The Ogden was an amphibious transport dock launched at the New York Naval Shipyard on June 27, 1964 and decommissioned February 21, 2007. VINTAGE: Circa 1978...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1966 date-coded Zippo lighter for the United States Navy ammunition ship USS Mauna Kea (AE-22). The Mauna Kea was launched May 3, 1956 and served in the Vietnam War. She sailed to South Vietnam in 1967 and was part of ServRon She was...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1962 Zippo lighter for the United States Army Security Agency (ASA) TUSLOG Detachment TUSLOG stands for The US LOgistics Group. The detachment was stationed at Sinop, Turkey, The front of the lighter bears the mottos Silere Defensus...