Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
Zippo · 1947 — Case & bottom stamp reference (1947)
Terry Lyons identifies a chrome-plated nickel-silver case and nickel-silver insert. IMPORTANT: The cam spring on this photographed 1947 insert was replaced with a modern spring, according to Terry’s original readme.txt. Do not use that spring to date an original 1947 insert. Period variations and late-1946 overlap are documented.
- Known period
- 1947
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- regular
- Case material
- nickel silver
- Case finish
- chrome plated
- Insert material
- nickel silver
- Evidence / certainty
- Real photographed collector specimen; year attributed by Terry Lyons, not confirmed by a factory date code
- Year attribution
- attributed
Reference images · real photographed examples
Evidence, source and dating limits
Sources: Terry Lyons
Photographic copyright: Terry Lyons
Dating caution. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.