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1937 to 1942 Zippos


In 1937 Zippo introduced a new design featuring a chromed brass case with a rounded top and bottom, replacing the square models which were discontinued in 1940.  This allowed the lid and bottom to be formed as wholes, eliminating the need for the soldering the case together.  They were available with and without the decorative diagonal corner lines. World War II and the resulting shortages of  brass and chrome led to the steel case Zippo introduced in 1942.  See World War II Zippos.

  
 
1937 reverse engraved Zippo advertising The Glidden Company - "Time Tested". Reverse engraved 1938-39
Zippo advertising "Otto Cream Top" milk bottle for the Otto
Milk Company of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Reverse engraved 1938-39 Zippo advertising Northe
astern Container Corp.		 1938-39 Zippo for  Lockheed in metallique.  See more Lockheed Zippos.
 
1938-39 Zippo with the initials "WFM" in metallique. 1938-39 Zippo advertising "Hygeia"  in metallique. Hygeia was a Greek goddess of good health. 1938-39 Zippo with a line-drawn logo for the Texas Employers' Insurance Assn. in Dallas on the front and for the Employers Casualty Company on the reverse.
 
Brass prototype 1940 1941 Zippo
Unusual 1938-39 Zippo with an engine-turned chromed brass case with the initials "MAP". 1940-41 Zippo for J.K Smit Sons  with image of a blacksmith swinging a hammer at an anvil which reads in Latin "Super Materiam Ignis Triumphans - Est. 1888" or "Fire Triumphs Over Material". 1940-41 brass case Zippo with a prototype design.
Elastic Stop Nuts Zippo 1940 1941Elastic Stop Nuts Zippo 1940 1941   Texas Employees Insurance 1938 1939 ZippoTexas Employees Insurance 1938 1939 Zippo
1940-41 Zippo with the image of a nut for "Elastic Stop Nuts".  The reverse reads "Light Weight Consistent with Sound Engineering".   1938-39 Zippo with a line-drawn logo for the Texas Employers' Insurance Assn. in Dallas on the front and for the Employers Casualty Company on the reverse.
 
 
 
Warren & Bradshaw Drilling Co. ZippoWarren & Bradshaw Drilling Co. Zippo Dieu et MOn Droit 1941 King of England Zippo Dieu et MOn Droit 1941 King of England Zippo
1940-41 Zippo for Warren & Bradshaw Drilling Co. Tulsa.  The reverse has the initials "CAD". This is a 1941 Zippo with an engraved
emblem with an English royal lion and colors which reads "Dieu et Mon Droit", French for "God and my right". The motto was adopted
as the royal motto of England by King
Richard I in 1198.