Zippos WWII

Well worn light green overpainted black crackle Zippo.

Well worn green overpainted black crackle Zippo.

Camp Perry known as one of the largest rifle ranges in the United States. It was used to train soldiers during WWI and WWII. The camp also housed German and Italian prisoners of war during WWII. Camp Perry was also known for different shooting matches.

Green finish Zippo with plate on the front and «Rifle Firing, Camp Perry, Ohio» inscription and shooting scene.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with a sterling expert marksmanship qualification badge and a rifle clasp.

Black crackle Zippo with the U.S. Army Shield emblem on the front.

Within the U.S. Army Aides-De-Camp were and are specifically appointed to general-grade officers. The usual tour of duty for aides is up to two years and the rank of the general officer being served is indicated on the device worn by the aide-de-camp.

Chrome plated Zippo with U.S. Army Aide-De-Camp insignia for an aide to a brigadier general on the front and a U.S. Air Transport Command emblem on the other side.

Worn black crackle Zippo with the U.S. Army insignia on the front.

It appears to result from a rare exchange between an American and Soviet soldier during the brief period of their joint march and attack as Allied Forces against the German Reich.

Worn black crackle Zippo with a Soviet Russian Army officers cap badge red star soldered on the front and with the monogram «LK» engraved on the other side.

The U.S. Military Academy (USMA), also known as West Point, is a four-year federal service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort that sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River. It is the oldest of the five American service academies and educates cadets for commissioning into the U.S. Army.

Mint black crackle Zippo with U.S. Military Academy insignia.

The U.S. Transportation Corps is a combat service support branch of the U.S. Army. It is also one of three U.S. Army Logistics Branches, the others being the U.S. Quartermaster Corps and the U.S. Ordnance Corps. The U.S. Transportation Corps is responsible for the movement of personnel and material by truck, rail, air, and sea. Its motto is «Spearhead of Logistics». One of the greatest feats of the U.S. Transportation Corps, via the Military Railway Service, was the rebuilding of France's shattered railroad network after D-Day and the transportation of 1,500 locomotives and 20,000 railway cars.

Worn black crackle Zippo with U.S. Transportation Corps insignia on the front and with three cut-out heads of coins on the other side.

The U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps is a sustainment, formerly combat service support, branch of the U.S. Army. The main function of the corps, supply operations included the development of quartermaster items, the estimation of requirements, the procurement of clothing, equipment, subsistence, general supplies, and their storage and distribution.

Chrome plated Zippo with a U.S. Army Quartermaster branch insignia on the front and a U.S. Army Physical Therapist Corps insignia on the back along with a U.S. Army officers collar insignia on each side.

Black crackle Zippo with U.S. Army Ordnance Corps insignia and a Palestine 5 Mils 1927 on the front and an Egyptian coin along with an Italian 20 Cents 1941 coin on the back.

The United States take over the North Atlantic air route – the shortest path between America and the European front. As way stations on this route both Greenland and Newfoundland acquired a new importance, as one of the terminal points.

Black crackle Zippo with a U.S. Army officers collar insignia and a U.S. Army Ordnance Corps insignia on the front, a Newfoundland One Cent 1942 coin and a Greenland 50 Øre 1926 coin on the back, and an applique of a half .30 M1 carbine cartridge and bullet on the side.

Multiple awarded Levin H. Campbell Jr. was the 16th chief of ordnance during WWII from 1942 until 1946 in the rank of a major general and temporary as a lieutenant general. His optimizations and major changes to the ordnance corps were war deciding. A letter from General Patton sums up his accomplishments. Patton said that his «admiration for Ordnance products does not stop with the M-1 Rifle.» He goes on to say that the «machine guns, mortars, artillery, and tanks of the United States are without equal».

Chrome plated Zippo with the unit insignia of the U.S. Fifth Army on one side and the U.S. Army Ordnance Corp insignia flaming bomb with two sterling rank stars applied and the owner's name «Levin H. Campbell Jr.» engraved on the other side. Double stamp on the top and the bottom.

Without oil WWII could never have been won. Gulf Oil was a major global oil company and the eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941.

Worn Zippo with diagonal lines and original manufacturing Gulf metal emblem on the front.

Army engineers built airfields, roads, bridges, ports, military camps, hospitals, and dozens of other facilities, including the Pentagon completed in 1942. Among the most acclaimed of the combat engineers' achievements were the Alcan Highway, the Ledo and Burma Roads and the clearing of mines and underwater obstacles. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supervised the Manhattan Project, the construction of the atomic bomb.

Black crackle Zippo with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers insignia, a Royal Air Force insignia and a small British coin on both the front and back as well as a small U.S. Army Great Seal insignia on the side.