Military Lighters - All eras all brands

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Thanks, jmd62. This is a Navy one:

 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

This is a leather-covered Zippo
 

 

A guy on Etsy makes these.

[Cobra 6 Actual]

An authentic Vietnam engraved lighter with a typical “beer can” pin for the 5th ARVN Division soldered on

 

[jmd62]

Great lighters and that leather covered one, that's not something you see everyday!

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Thanks, jmd62. This is a different version of the gas can or Jerry Can lighter.

 

 

 

This one was made in Germany immediately post-WWII

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Another WWI Lighter

 

This one has an American Doughboy on the left and a French Poilu on the right with an inscription in an arc. Rough translation: “For the great cause of humanity.”

[Cobra 6 Actual]

[Cobra 6 Actual]

[Cobra 6 Actual]

1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, 1st Infantry Division … another of mine

 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Some warmth for those cold nights in the trenches:

 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

An advertisement for Zippo

 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Hum, I guess this is for those high flying aviators

 

[jmd62]

That's quite the advertisement!

[Cobra 6 Actual]

This is a Zippo issued in the past few years as part of a Vietnam commemorative series:

 

(I had mis-posted this on another Forum thread. So, thanks, moderators, for removing it from there.)

[Cobra 6 Actual]

[jmd62]

Very cool Cobra 6! As a kid we used to drive down that way and shoot our guns in the woods. Probably not a good idea today? ;D 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

… not unless you want some Marines to return fire, jmd62! LOL

[jmd62]

2 hours ago, Cobra 6 Actual said:

… not unless you want some Marines to return fire, jmd62! LOL

 

Ha! I gave up the outrunning bullets thing years ago.. :D 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Well, he IS a “sailor man”

 

 

(This is a little different: a Zippo alarm clock in a lighter case, part of Zippo’s never-ending quest to find other uses for its cases.)

[Boy Howdy]

Probably from Thailand. 1960's Zippo insert. May be Silver but not marked.

What I found interesting is it is engraved on all 8 sides.

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Nice one, Boy Howdy! Here’s a USAF one

 

[Boy Howdy]

2 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said:

Nice one, Boy Howdy! Here’s a USAF one

 

Thanks C6A

 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

De nada, BH. This is not specifically a military lighter more of a ‘survival Zippo’:

 

 

Kind of a neat dog tag size tool.

[Boy Howdy]

That tool looks like something Marlboro used to give away.