Well worn black crackle Zippo with an Australian One Penny 1944 coin on the front and engravings on the back side.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with an Australian One Shilling 1943 coin that has the merino ram's head and a U.S. Filipinas Twenty Centavos coin on the front and a New Guinea One Shilling 1938 coin along with a Netherlands East Indies 1/10 Gulden 1941 coin on the other side.

During WWII, Guam was attacked and invaded by Japan 1941, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States returned and fought the Battle of Guam from July 21 to August 10, 1944, to recapture the island from Japanese military occupation. More than 18,000 Japanese were killed as only 485 surrendered. The United States also captured and occupied the nearby Northern Marianas Islands.

Worn black crackle Zippo with different engravings and painted places of action on both sides: «Manila», «Guam» and «Tokyo».

Just weeks before the US dropped the most powerful weapon mankind has ever known, Nagasaki was not even on a list of target cities for the atomic bomb. In its place was Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto. The list was created by a committee of American Military generals, Army officers and scientists. Kyoto, which is home to more than 2,000 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, including 17 World Heritage Sites, was at the top of it. But in early June 1945, Secretary of War Henry Stimson ordered Kyoto to be removed from the target list. He argued that it was of cultural importance and that it was not a military target.

Chrome plated Zippo with «MILT, 1945, Kyoto, Japan» engraved on the front side.

Black crackle Zippo with U.S. Army Great Seal insignia original applied by Zippo on the front and a Newfoundland 5 Cents 1941 applied on the other side.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with four coins applied: a Great Britain 3 Pence 1916 and a British West Africa One Schilling 1939 on the front and a French 1 Franc 1926 Chambers of Commerce and a Newfoundland One Cent 1909 on the other side.

During WWII, Morocco, which was then occupied by France, was controlled by Vichy France from 1940 to 1942 after the occupation of France by Nazi Germany. However, after the North African Campaign, Morocco was under Allied control and thus was active in Allied operations until the end of the war.

Chrome plated Zippo with a Moroccan 1 Franc Empire Cherifien coin on the front and a Republique Française 1 Franc 1940 coin on the other side.

During World War II, Egypt played a strategic role in the North African campaign, and the United States Army was involved in several significant events in the region: the North African campaign, the Operation Torch, which had a significant impact on the overall North African campaign including Egypt, the second Battle of El Alamein and the Cairo conference that included President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Egypt served as an important logistical hub for the Allied forces in North Africa and the Middle East. U.S. Army units were involved in establishing and operating military bases, supply depots, and airfields to support the overall war effort.

Chrome plated Zippo with beautiful engraved scenes on the front and the back with «Egypt», palm trees, the river Nile, the pyramids, a mosque and a bedouin on a dromedary. And on one side is the engraving of the owner's name «Jim Roth».   

Chrome plated Zippo with an Egyptian 5 Silver Piastres 1939 coin with King Farouk on both sides and additionally the owner's name «C. Westing» on the front and the owner's name in Egyptian letters on the back side.

Chrome plated Zippo from the same owner C. G. Westing with his initials «C.G.W.» engraved on the front and a smaller Egyptian 2 Silver Piastres 1944 coin with King Farouk applied on both sides.

Hitler sent his army to North Africa starting in February 1941 (Operation Sonnenblume). General Erwin Rommel's Afrikakorps comprehensively outfought British forces in a classic blitzkrieg. Within weeks the British had been pushed back into Egypt. Rommel's offensive was finally stopped at the small railway halt of El Alamein, just 150 miles from Cairo. Later, Rommel tried again to break through the lines of the Allies during the Battle of Alam el Halfa and was defeated by the British commander, Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery.

Chrome plated Zippo with various engravings: «Cairo» and a dromedary before the pyramids with palm trees on the front and the owner's name «Andy Anderson» together with two large flowers on the front.

The Battle of Tripoli was an engagement on between the German-Italian tank army commanded by Erwin Rommel of Germany and Ettore Bastico of Italy, who held the town, and the Allies commanded by Montgomery. During the Liberation of Tripoli, Germany was deeply involved on a second war front, with Russia. This meant that a depleted Germany force fought in North Africa. After a short siege, the Germans withdrew from Tripoli, and the Allies entered the town.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with various engravings: the owner's name «Rusty» with the monogram «WMD» on one side and «Tripoli» along with a Libyan scene that includes a mosque, two palm trees and a bedouin on a dromedary on the other side.

The U.S. Army unit with the engraved movement pattern was the Persian Gulf Command (PGC), also known as the Persian Gulf Service Command. This command was responsible for maintaining supply lines through the Middle East and Asia and supported the Allied forces, particularly the Soviet Union, with critical supplies under the Lend-Lease program. In 1943, 30,000 Americans helped guard the Persian Corridor, and a third of the supplies sent to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Act were routed through Iran. The US also extended Lend-Lease assistance to Iran and began training the Iranian army.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with different engravings: the owner's name «W. C. Meyers» and his places of action «New Zealand – Wellington», «Australia – Melbourne», «India – Bombay», «Persia», «Iraq» and «Iran – Teheran / Qum / Ahwaz» together with the Iran emblem, the Iran lion holding a shamshir with the sun and the years of service «1943-44-45».

The CBI theater (1941-45) has been dubbed «the forgotten theater» of WWII. Once the United States entered the war, American strategy called for building up China as a source of manpower, as a base for bombers and the eventual invasion of Japan. CBI produced some of the most impressive feats of engineering and logistics in American military history.

Chrome plated Zippo with different engravings: the insignia of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, the theater name of operation «China Burma India» and the CBI insignia on the front and the map of the CBI theater with the personal initials «EAK» on the back.

Chrome plated Zippo with different engravings: the theater name of operation «China Burma India», the CBI insignia with the years of service «1943-44-45», the illustration of the Taj Mahal on the front and the map of the CBI theater with the personal initials «HPH» on the back.

Black crackle Zippo with the insignia of the CBI theater.