This listing is for a great lot of four vintage lighters, most with a military theme. The lot includes two "flip tops" and two "slides" . One lighter sparks, two lighters don't spark, and the fourth is missing parts. The lighters appear to be in good condition overall but have not been tested with fuel so they're selling as-is. They range from about 2-1/8" to 2-1/4" tall. Please see the photos below to see everything that is included, and contact us with any questions before bidding. We have a low opening bid and no reserve price so don't miss your chance to win!
Lighters included:
- 1969 Zippo "90th TAC FTR SQ (Fighter Squadron) Pair-O-Dice" - doesn't spark
- Matawan The Windy "F.O.E." (a.k.a FOE; Fraternal Order of Eagles) - doesn't spark
- Omsco Lite Super Lighter "Bully Beef Express / Merry Christmas 1958 6th T.C.S. (TCS) Tachikawa Japan" - missing parts
- Penguin Whirlwind Superlative Automatic #19587 "Army Navy Air Force AEC Joint Task Force Seven / Eniwetok Atoll" - sparks
Some info we found online:
- "The 90 FS is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, first being organized as the 90th Aero Squadron on 20 August 1917 at Kelly Field, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I as a Corps observation squadron. During World War II, the unit earned the Distinguished Unit Citation and the Presidential Unit Citation for its services in the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) as part of Fifth Air Force. During the Cold War the squadron fought in the Korean War and Vietnam War."
- "Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) is an international fraternal organization that was founded on February 6, 1898 in Seattle, Washington by a group of six theater owners including John Cort (the first president), brothers John W. and Tim J. Considine, Harry (H.L.) Leavitt (who later joined the Loyal Order of Moose), Mose Goldsmith and Arthur Williams. Originally made up of those engaged in one way or another in the performing arts, the Eagles grew and claimed credit for establishing the Mother's Day holiday in the United States as well as the "impetus for Social Security" in the United States. Their lodges are known as 'aeries.'"
- "The squadron made airlift history during World War II when, in October 1942, it moved to Port Moresby, New Guinea. Then flying Douglas C-47 Skytrains, the 6th became the first personnel transport squadron to fly in the Pacific. It was during this assignment that the squadron earned the nickname Bully Beef Express, as it carried tons of boiled beef to allied combat troops in Australia and New Guinea. The French called it "boujili boef', and the Americanization of the term has continued to this day to be the squadron's emblem."
- "The Battle of Eniwetok was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought between 17 February 1944 and 23 February 1944, on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. On November 1st, 1952 the United States detonated the world’s first hydrogen bomb on a large atoll called Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific (190 miles west of the more famous Bikini Atoll) as a part of Operation Ivy."