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Circa: 1953
Condition: Mint in Box / Unused
Country of Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Zippo Manuf.
This is an un-used, mint in the box, 1953 Zippo lighter with a line-drawn engraving of the Grumman F9F-5 Panther,a carrier fighter jet used during the Korean War. The bottom has the Patent 2517191 with patent pending stamp for the years 1949 - 57. This is guaranteed to be original and not a reproduction.
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation was founded in 1929 by Leroy R. Grumman. Its first products were float planes sold to the Navy until W.W.II, when the company produced Wildcats, Hellcats, and Avengers. The Korean war saw Grumman's entry into the jet age with the F9F Panther. The Vietnam War saw the A-6 Intruder, the world's only All Weather Attack Bomber used by Navy and Marine Corps squadrons. The last days of the war saw the F-14. During the US Apollo missions, Grumman built the Lunar Module
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