Fulton adjustable wrench

[CTyankee]

I've got this 6" adjustable that's marked FULTON and MADE IN GERMANY. Everything I'm finding on Fulton leads me back to pre-Craftsman Sears tools. There's even a thread on here in regards to identifying another type of wrench as a Sears product. However I can't find any of these Sears tools with the same type of logo and all the Sears stuff appears to state made in USA.

I can't imagine the Sears would go through the trouble to fake the made in Germany part...but I can't seem to locate any info on another Fulton company. Any info would be appreciated.

 

[CTyankee]

Anybody?...

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

I think Fulton became a low-end tool supplier, maybe a bit earlier than Oxwall and Globemaster. They all imported from Germany, Japan, Hong Kong...
In the '50's and '60's hardware stores and car parts places typically carried a good line of tools in stock and a line of imported stuff in a bin near the cash register...typically substantially cheaper, sometimes sold under a "your choice 89 cents" kind of banner. Some were quite functional, some were seriously lame.
I think the 1950's is about when American cheap tools began disappearing because after WWII American labor was high value and it only made sense to focus on serious tools. Germany, Japan, and Asia in general were down and out and also were handicapped in odd ways...Germans and Japanese I think were not allowed to make high grade steels for a while during occupation. Germans and Japanese also had PLENTY of scrap to smelt and exporting stuff was the best way to make a little money.