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 Teheran Conference, held at the end of 1943, was the first of the WWII conferences of the «Big Three» Allied leaders Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Its main objectives included coordinating the military strategy against Nazi Germany and planning the opening of a second front in Western Europe, which led to the D-Day invasion plans. Discussions were also held on the post-war reorganization and initial ideas for the United Nations were expressed.

Chrome plated Zippo with various engravings: ornaments ranking around the owners name «Jos. Scuto» on the front, a scene with a dromedary, a pyramid, a palm tree and a bird on the back with the place and time of service «Teheran – Iran» and «June 1 1942-43» above the scene and a Persian Farsi inscription on the hinge 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.

Chrome plated Zippo with a British India Silver One Rupee 1944 coin on both side and the owners' name «Iona Spencer» engraved on the front.

Worn Zippo with «Riverside Calif.», «Hobart. Tasmania.» and «Bombay. India.» engraved on the front in an unusual and special make.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with a coin on each side. On the front a British Palestine 2 Mils 1927 coin with the inscription (פלשתינה (א"י PALESTINE فلسطين (Palestine in Hebrew, English and Arabic) and a British One Penny coin on the other side.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with various places of action and years of service engraved: «England», «Ireland», «France», «Belgium», «Holland» and «Germany» and «42 43 44 45». Version with patent error «203695».

Well worn black crackle Zippo with two silver coins from Germany as a trophy of the U.S. G.I. who owned this lighter and fought against the Nazis: a 5 Reichsmark 1939 coin with Paul von Hindenburg on one side and a 2 Reichsmark 1938 on the other side.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with a German 2nd class iron cross 1939 clasp as a trophy of the U.S. G.I. who owned this lighter and fought against the Nazis.

Guernsey, along with the other Channel Islands, was occupied by German forces during WWII. The German occupation of the Channel Islands began in 1940 and lasted until the end of the war in 1945. Guernsey, being one of the Channel Islands, was liberated by the Allies after the German surrender in May 1945. The liberation of Guernsey occurred on May 9, 1945, one day after Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with applied monogram «W L R», metal eagle of the German Kriegsmarine as a trophy of the U.S. G.I. who owned this lighter and fought against the Nazis and a Guernesey 4 Doubles 1945 coin on the front and a United Kingdom One Shilling 1945 coin with Scottish Reverse together with a Swiss 2 Rappen 1941 coin on the other side.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with a Newfoundland 5 Cents 1945 coin and an Irish Half Penny coin on the front and a Portuguese Escudo 1940 coin on the other side.