N.Y. MDSE. CO. Adjustable Open End - Germany

[Leviton]

Found this 10-inch adjustable wrench. Stamping is 10 N.Y. MDSE. CO. INC GERMANY or less possibly, 10 N.Y. MOSE. CO. INC GERMANY. On the back side it has a hexagon symbol.

Did not have much luck searching the company name. Not sure if the blue paint is original, or added by the previous owner.

 

[RTM]

Put quotes around it like this

" n y mdse" company

When you do your search. Lots of tools show up in regular googling. So do a few court cases and protests, it appears

Switch to Google books and lots of sources show up around 1920.

 

[four.cycle]

The company name comes up HERE:
Commercial and Financial Chronicle: Oct 3 1925 Vol 121 No 3145
as well as
1956 Dallas City Directory

I do not recognize the hexagon logo.
My guess would be an item imported by any number of companies that operated out of Brooklyn, NY, like the Spiegel Brothers.

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