United States Coast Guard Cutter UNIMAK Zippo lighter, 1968

lighter

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES - PERSONAL GEAR
Zippo Manufacturing Company
USA, PA, Bradford
1968
metal
overall: 2-1/4 x 1-1/2 x 0-1/2 in.

Lighter; U.S. Coast Guard cutter UNIMAK (built 1942) Zippo lighter owned by USCG sailor Peter Kolasa, 1968; cigarette lighter, thin rectangular case, top attachd with hinge, logo on lower portion depicts three-quarter profile of UNIMAK (WHEC-379) in black with blue water detail; printed under image "U.S.C.G.C. UNIMAK/ WHEC 379"; embossed on bottom "BRADFORD, PA./ III ZIPPO III" (straight bars are a date code, indicate 1968).

2005.19.100