Coast Guard Zippo

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Posted by Scruff74
12 years ago
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1971 USCGC WINNEBAGO WHEC 40 Zippo...

1993 CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION  UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ZIPPO...
Category Militaria
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Lovejoy 🎯 Collector 12 years ago

Zippo has been making comemorative Lighters for the miltary for may years, most like these later ones go for less than $50.00 to collectors, the Vietnam War examples being much more highly sought after.
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Phoenixguy1954 🎯 Collector 12 years ago

USCG Winnebago (WHEC-40) was an Owasco class high endurance cutter which served with the US Coast Guard from 1945 to 1973. Originally intended for World War II service, she was commissioned only weeks before the end of the war and consequently did not see combat until her deployment in the Vietnam War more than 20 years later.

Winnebago was built by Western Pipe & Steel (WPS) at the company's San Pedro shipyard. Named after Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, she was commissioned as a patrol gunboat with ID number WPG-40 on 21 June 1945. In the postwar period, her ID was changed to WHEC-40 (HEC for "High Endurance Cutter" - the "W" signifies a Coast Guard cutter// I agree with Lovejoy on this one for price.. If you find a buyer that was on that ship.. he might pay more...If I had this, and was for sale. I would get a nice photo of the ship and frame the lighter with it. I always get more money if I take a little time to frame it..

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