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$385.00 +$3.00 shipping. Vintage 1967 Vietnam Era Slim Zippo Cigarette Torch Refillable Lighter . The lid reads, "Nha-Trang Viet Nam." Their popularity in wartime culture surged with "Zippo Tracks" being adopted as a nickname for flame throwing tanks, and " From 1943 to 1945, every Zippo made was shipped directly to post exchanges and Navy ships around the world. Zippo limited production of the Vietnam Collectors Set to 5,000. Then the bars were removed alternatively first on the right and then on the left. The most obvious fake is a generic lighter and insert on which someone has engraved the Zippo logo. During the Vietnam War, Zippos were sold at the PX or by locals operating the street side black markets. £221.39 + £3.78 postage. Le Dinh..." £19.94. I can’t remember just how and when I came into possession of that lighter. Authentic Vietnam Zippo Kon Tum 1967-1968 F**k It Mickey Mouse Zippo (RARE) $550.00 +$8.30 shipping . £231.81 + £3.96 postage. 1968 Vietnam War Zippo Lighter "Mr. During the Vietnam War, Zippos were sold at the PX or by locals operating the street side black markets.

The classic Zippo design garnered respect among the millions of Americans serving overseas. The words “Vietnam, 1965-1972” are etched on the lid (even though the names on The Wall are from 1959-1975). Counterfeiters have been cranking them out in Vietnam for years, and you can pick up a phony wartime Zippo there for a few bucks. And while the enemy didn’t have flamethrowers, they did use Zippos as a weapon—booby-trapping them and depositing the lighters in bars and other rear areas for unsuspecting Americans to pick up and detonate.More than half of American men 18 and over smoked in 1965, and about 44 percent did in 1970, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Make offer - Original Vietnam War Zippo … Make Offer - 1968 Vietnam War Era Peace & Love Zippo Lighter W/Box Paper-fluid & return box. The connection between Zippo and the U.S. military didn't stop there, and during the Vietnam War Zippo emerged as the most popular item carried in the pockets of American service members.

Make offer - 1970 Vietnam War Zippo Lighter President NguyenVanThieu Signature. In 1998 the Zippo company produced the “Vietnam Collectors Set,” lighters adorned with miniature images of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in black matte. Unlike the cigarette lighters from previous wars, these Zippos were personal mementos specifically customized with unit logos, maps of Vietnam, and both humorous and crude slogans. These lighters are now sought after collector's items and popular souvenirs for visitors to Vietnam. On the back, the case reads, "5th Special Forces Group – 1st Special Forces Viet Nam 69-70" with an engraving of a U.S. Army Special Forces green beret. They were a huge hit—an essential tool in the days when a high percentage of Americans, especially young men, saw smoking as a harmless and satisfying recreation—one that advertisements often even touted as having healthful benefits.

A few years later the Zippo Manufacturing Company began engraving words and images on its lighters, primarily as marketing tools for other businesses.The company hit the big time in World War II when—like many other American manufacturers—it stopped making consumer items and produced its lighters for the U.S. military. The words “Vietnam, 1965-1972” are etched on … As all of these Zippos were found in Vietnam it’s likely that … When the U.S. military entered World War II, American businesses geared their entrepreneurial efforts toward supporting the war effort as a means of survival. "You had people who were discontent people who wanted to express heartfelt emotions," said Bradford Edwards, a Vietnam-era Zippo collector and artist. 0 bids. 19 items found from eBay international sellers.

After World War II, the Zippo lighter became increasingly used in advertising by companies large and small through the 1960s. See more ideas about Zippo lighter, Zippo, Vietnam war. "One soldier's Zippo had the logo for the United States Army Air Defense Center in Fort Bliss, Texas, on the front, while the lid reads, "When I die bury me face down so the whole world can kiss my ass." For the years between 1966 and 1975 (Vietnam war ended in April 1975) the codes are: four vertical bars each side of the italicized zippo logo for 1966. Their popularity in wartime culture surged with "Zippo Tracks" being adopted as a nickname for flame throwing tanks, and "Zippo Raids" used to describe the actions of soldiers burning down hooches or villages.Although Zippo remained a treasured collector's … He coined a modern-sounding name for his innovative design, the “Zippo,” playing on the word “zipper,” and began selling the lighters for $1.95 in 1933. … Sep 23, 2018 - Explore Brenda Rose's board "Zippo lighters from Vietnam War. These compact lighters “are the small, speaking, archeological objects that bear witness to great personal heroism, pride, pain and tragedy,” wrote Jim Fiorella in his photo-filled 1998 coffee-table book,The humble Zippo was born in 1932, when George G. Blaisdell, whose Pennsylvania oil business was foundering as the Great Depression put a chokehold on the world economy, designed a small silver-colored rectangular cigarette lighter with a hinged top. So for 1967 four bars on the left and three on the right, three each side for 1968 and so one until 1973 last year with vertical bar coding. "And here was a small canvas that may be the last thing some of these guys had to say. It’s a good guess that American troops bought several hundred thousand—probably as many as half a million—Zippos in Vietnam.We used them, naturally enough, to light up, as well as to put fire to heat tabs or pieces of C4 plastic explosives to cook our C rations and pop our TV Time popcorn.