USS Intrepid Lighter
Object NameLighter
Historic Owner
Robert Wayne Osburn
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1957-1961
PeriodCold War
Mediummetal
ClassificationsPersonal Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Robert Wayne Osburn and Family. 2020.23.04
Object number2020.23.04
DescriptionLighter; Silver metal lighter with flip lid. On one face of the lighter, the bottom section below the lid has a raised circular USS Intrepid seal with colored enamel. The seal reads “USS Intrepid // CVS-11" and the Latin motto "In Mare // In Coelo” (In the sea, in the sky) around the outer rim. The seal’s imagery is divided in the center by a six-pointed gold star. The left half of the circle is dark blue with an image of an aircraft carrier below latitude and longitude lines. The right half is light blue with six four-pointed gold stars. On the lid is a hand-engraved inscription that reads “Kline”. On the other face of the lighter, the bottom section below the lid has an engraved image of Intrepid at sea with an airplane flying in the air above it. Text engraved on the lid reads “USS Intrepid CVA-11”. On the back short edge below the hinge there is a hand engraved inscription that reads “Kline // Shop 3223”. On the bottom of the lighter is a manufacturers engraving that reads “High Quality Lighter // Rothco // No 195 Japan”.On View
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