United States Coast Guard Bark EAGLE Zippo lighter, 1969

lighter

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

Lighter; U.S. Coast Guard bark EAGLE (built as HORST WESSEL, 1936) Zippo lighter owned by USCG sailor Peter Kolasa, 1969; cigarette lighter, thin rectangular case, top attachd with hinge, logo on lower portion in color, depicts port view of the EAGLE undersail; printed under image "C.G. BARK EAGLE"; embossed on bottom "BRADFORD, PA./ III ZIPPO II" (straight bars are a date code, indicate 1969).

2005.19.101