Zippos From The Vietnam War
A collection of engraved Zippo lighters from soldiers of the Vietnam War recently sold at auction for over $30,000. The poignant engravings often reveal a biting gallows humor.
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Zippos From The Vietnam War
Katie Notopoulos
If you love these as much as I do, but don’t have an extra $35K lying around, there’s a book of photos of these:
Vietnam Zippos: American Soldiers’ Engravings and Stories (1965-1973) by Sherry Buchanan
H/t @NoPattern
Source: cowanauctions.com / via: huhmagazine.co.uk
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