Item Description
Original Items: Only One Set Available. This is an excellent set consisting of a Cigarette Case and Zippo-Style Lighter with originally applied insignia for the 1st Loudspeaker & Leaflet Company, a group which items associated with seldom come available on the market. The 1st L&L was responsible for Pyschological Warfare Operations against the North Koreans and Chinese during the period of 1950-1953.
The set consists of a Chromed Silver Cigarette Case, with dual thin spring retainers on either side, with a Japanese-Made enameled 1st L&L insignia adorning the front. The only markings on the case are within which is stamped “Trademark”, with symbol of a windmill. The closure clasp works flawlessly, and we would estimate that this was likely used little, if at all.
The Lighter is of the Zippo type, Japanese-Made by the firm of Konwal, Inc., based in Tokyo Japan. The lighter has insignia applied, matching the cigarette case, and is in brand new, excellent condition. It has no signs of ever having been used or lit, with the original wick in brand new condition. The lighter comes with its original box, complete with instruction booklet.
The 1st L&L:
Less than five years after the end of World War II, on 25 June 1950, the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea, starting the Korean War. Woefully unprepared, the U.S and its United Nations (UN) allies scrambled to defend the Republic of Korea. One of the U.S. Army’s shortcomings since the end of WWII was psychological warfare (psywar). In June 1950, the Tactical Information Detachment (TID), at Fort Riley, KS, was the only psywar unit on active duty. Three months later, it deployed to Korea and was re-designated as the 1st Loudspeaker and Leaflet (L&L) Company. Aided by the Psywar Division, G-3, Eighth U.S. Army (EUSA), the 1st L&L provided tactical psywar support to combat units across the peninsula. Joining the 1st L&L a year later was the 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet (RB&L) Group, a strategic psywar asset of the UN Command (UNC) and the Far East Command (FECOM). Below are 1st RB&L Group leaflets, each with a brief explanation of its design and purpose. Between June 28, 1950 and July 27, 1953, theater psywar elements produced and disseminated some 2.2 billion leaflets, promoting the surrender of thousands of North Korean and Chinese Communist troops.
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