Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (1951–1952)
1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford: Korean War-era lighters were primarily steel bodied.
- Known period
- 1951–1952
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- regular
- Dating evidence
- Collector-reported reference — A collector or source has documented this example or attribution. The exact year, manufacturing history or classification may not have been independently verified.
- Reference verification
- Photographed specimen; date or classification attributed to the source, not factory-certified.
- Year attribution
- collector-attributed
Reference images · real photographed examples
Korean War-era lighters were primarily steel bodied.
Historical variants and original source records
Independent sources and distinct stamp layouts are preserved as individual photographs, not additional main cards. A pictured example alone cannot establish that every lighter from the year used the same construction.
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
- 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford — 1951–1952 · Regular · Bradford
Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: J. Kim
Collector-reported reference: A collector or source has documented this example or attribution. The exact year, manufacturing history or classification may not have been independently verified.
Reference verification: Photographed specimen; date or classification attributed to the source, not factory-certified.
Photographic copyright: Credited individually below each photograph
Dating caution. This is a documented period reference, not proof of a precise manufacturing year. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.