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Soldiers' Engraved Lighters from the Vietnam War

PhillyAnt Published 08/15/2013

Last year, Cowan's Auctions put up a lot of 282 Vietnam War-era Zippo lighters featuring personalized and anonymous engravings chosen by U.S. soldiers, sailors, and airmen during deployment. The collection was compiled by American artist Bradford Edwards over several years in the 1990s, on-site in Vietnam. The collection sold for 35,250 in 2012.

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