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Hey TTG , so bassicly I was clearing out my grandfathers house today and i came across this army/navy kind of box so i opened it and inside there was two unopened US Army zippo lighters with the original packaging I went down and asked my grandad where they came from and he said he hated them because of some thing that happended in the war which he wont tell me about so but yeah here are some pics of the two lighters they are bassicly brand new due to the fact they had just been opened today and yes they do light

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Awesome bro.
nice find!
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They look pretty cool!
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I don't know much about them because he doesn't speak of his army days could any one give me a idea of how much there worth ?
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Not from WW2.The USS Illusive was launched 12 July 1952.The solent division rnr, a River-class minesweeper launched on 30 June 1984. She was based at Southampton (Solent Division RNR), sold to the Brazilian government in 1998, and renamed Bracui.


Thanks to wiki on both

USS Illusive:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Illusive_(AM-448)

HMS Itchen:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Itchen

I think your lying.
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Amillionjews wrote Not from WW2.The USS Illusive was launched 12 July 1952.The solent division rnr, a River-class minesweeper launched on 30 June 1984. She was based at Southampton (Solent Division RNR), sold to the Brazilian government in 1998, and renamed Bracui.


Thanks to wiki on both

USS Illusive:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Illusive_(AM-448)

HMS Itchen:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Itchen

I think your lying.


If you look at his comment it says his grandfather doesnt speak about his army days he wasnt sure if they are real or worth anything
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they look cool as F**k
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question. WHY DID YOU OPEN?????
Chances are they were prob worth a lot more in package..
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Poke wrote
Amillionjews wrote Not from WW2.The USS Illusive was launched 12 July 1952.The solent division rnr, a River-class minesweeper launched on 30 June 1984. She was based at Southampton (Solent Division RNR), sold to the Brazilian government in 1998, and renamed Bracui.


Thanks to wiki on both

USS Illusive:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Illusive_(AM-448)

HMS Itchen:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Itchen

I think your lying.


If you look at his comment it says his grandfather doesnt speak about his army days he wasnt sure if they are real or worth anything



I know the poster doesn't. Was the granddad in the Vietnam? If so this make sense
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wow i found zippos similar in my great uncles house about a year ago
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