Ninth Coast Guard District Zippo lighter, 1969

lighter

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES - PERSONAL GEAR
Zippo Manufacturing Company
USA, PA, Bradford; USA, Great Lakes
1969
metal
overall: 2-1/4 x 1-1/2 x 0-1/2 in.

Lighter; Ninth Coast Guard District Zippo lighter owned by USCG sailor Peter Kolasa, 1969; cigarette lighter, thin rectangular case, top attachd with hinge, brushed metal, logo on lower portion depicts geographic representation of the Great Lakes in light blue, water only; printed in red across top "NINTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT"; embossed on bottom "BRADFORD, PA./ III ZIPPO II" (straight bars are a date code, indicate 1969).

2005.19.97