This trench art 1945 Zippo for was presumably for a member of the Army Postal Service based in Cairo Egypt.&amp;nbsp; The U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East was established in 1942 when the US Army Air Force began bombing missions against the Axis forces.&amp;nbsp; Besides the years &quot;1943/44/45&quot; the lighter is engraved with images of pyramids, star and crescent and Arabic writing