Identify German WW2 Soldier?

Question

I am trying to find out as much information as i can find about the original owner of a World War 2 zippo which i recently purchased.
It belonged to a German soldier (hence the swastika on the front) and is engraved with:
D.R.R. N:1042 / 1942 Munchen
Does anyone have any ideas as to where i might be able to find some more information on this, or possibly look up the identification number assuming that is what it is?
Thanks

Just to clarify:
I am assuming that 'Munchen' or Munich is the place where this person was stationed.
D.R.R is the division of the army this person was assigned to.
And that as zippo production began in 1933 and that this came authenticated and sold by a reputable dealer, that this is a genuine item.

Answer 1

I don't think that number has anything to do with the soldier, it's probably just a production number.The number 1042 is too small to be a service number, there's nothing that looks military,
and you normally won't find a city name as part of a military ID, there's no reason to make it too easy for the enemy to tell where the unit is from.
Besides, the swastika on front doesn't necassarily indicate that it was a soldier who owned that.

Answer 2

Original Zippos were not sold in Germany in WW2 you probably have a "fantasy" piece, a fake, sold to ignorant collectors for big money.

There are many such fakes coming out of China & Vietnam at the moment although most of them are connected to Vietnam Service for US Troops.

Answer 3

one of the numbers was probable the squad that he was in and his identification number. being that military information is confidential and, its a soldier from out of the country, i doubt highly you are going to be able to find that. especially because lot of German records from WWII were destroyed.

Answer 4

Get with the german government, they still hold the records for all military personnel in WW II.