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| This is a 1953 hand-painted Town & Country Trout Zippo which was many years later engraved with "USN Saigon 1967" and with a map of Vietnam on the back. It was not unusual for the the servicemen to bring their own Zippos to Vietnam and have them engraved "in-field". This is one of the oldest Vietnam War Zippos. More @ Zippo Gallery |
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Vietnam Zippos
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I found one of these at a flea-market in Morganton N.C.a couple year`s ago,saw it lying in the middle of a pile of junk spresd out on a table top.this one is engraved on top "Vietnam 67-68 Tay Ninh" .There is an engraving on the bottom of the snoopy dog sitting on his dog house smoking a cigar.The stainless coating is almost gone,a few small nick`s on it.I asked the man that had it ,whose it was ,he did`nt know or care ,all he wanted was his five buck`s!.
ReplyDeleteMay well be original, but the first time I went back to Vietnam in 1992 they were already selling fake ones. The Cao Dai Temple in
ReplyDeleteTay Ninh is gorgeous. Search Goggle and you'll find many pictures. All I have is one from above.
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