Pocket cigarette lighter 'Penguins, 1958', NAS, Fleet Air, Alameda

Name/Title

Pocket cigarette lighter 'Penguins, 1958', NAS, Fleet Air, Alameda

Entry/Object ID

2008.38.1

Description

ACC. NO. 08.38.1 SUBJECT CATEGORY: NAVAL AIR STATION, ALAMEDA DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN OBJECT: LIGHTER, POCKET DESCRIPTION: A CHROME CIGARETTE LIGHTER WITH COLORED ENAMEL EMBLEM BEARING THE U.S. NAVAL INSIGNIA, "FLEET AIR, ALAMEDA." THE REVERSE SIDE DISPLAYS, "COMMANDER FLEET AIR, ALAMEDA" AND "COMMANDER NAVAL AIR BASES, TWELFTH NAVAL DISTRICT." HISTORY OF OBJECT: A CIGARETTE LIGHTER WHICH IS SIGNED, "PENGUINS, 1958." IT IS OF JAPANESE MANUFACTURE. DONOR: MR. CHUCK MILLAR CATALOGED: APRIL 12, 2008