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.
