Zippo Mitch Oconnell Pocket Lighter

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George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing Company in 1932, and formulated the basi Zippo lighter in early 1933, being inspired by an Austrian cigarette lighter of similar design. It got it is name because Blaisdell liked the sound of the word “zipper” and “zippo” sounded more modern. On March 3, 1936, patent was granted for the Zippo lighter.Zippo lighters became general in the United States military, particularly for the duration of World War II – “ceased production of lighters for buyer markets and devoted all developing to the U.S. military.” . While the Zippo Manufacturing Company never had an official contract with the military, soldiers and armed forces personnel insisted that Base interchange (BX) stores carry this sought-after lighter.While it had antecedently been mutual to have Zippos with authorized badges, unit crests and division insignia, it became standard amongst the American soldiers of the Vietnam War, to get their Zippos engraved with personal mottos. These lighters are now sought after gatherers items and usual keepsakes for visitors to Vietnam.