Photographed collector reference · Insert
1949 · Regular · Bradford — Insert reference (1949)
Zippo · 1949: Terry Lyons identifies a chrome-plated brass case and nickel-silver insert. The photographed three-barrel hinge is a period example; some later 1949 cases transitioned toward five-barrel hinges. Hinge style alone is not an exact date code.
- Known period
- 1949
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- regular
- Case material
- brass
- Case finish
- chrome plated
- Insert material
- nickel silver
- 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.
- Source attribution note
- Real photographed collector specimen; year attributed by Terry Lyons, not confirmed by a factory date code
- Year attribution
- attributed
Reference images · real photographed examples
Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: Terry Lyons
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.
Source attribution: Real photographed collector specimen; year attributed by Terry Lyons, not confirmed by a factory date code
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.