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Offline Edkat3

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Wrench ID
« on: January 15, 2018, 07:39:17 PM »
Picked up this wrench the other day. Anyone know this makers mark? I believe the GDR stands for East Germany. Just wondering if it a military item. Thanks.
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Offline mrchuck

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Re: Wrench ID
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2018, 08:09:30 PM »
GDR stands for German Democratic Republic.
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Re: Wrench ID
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2018, 12:48:34 PM »
The wrench is a pipe tongs widely used outside the U.S., based on J.P. Johansson's Swedish patent  of 1888, updated in 1912 (http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=36093&typeCode=0&country=se ). 
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Re: Wrench ID
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2018, 08:25:28 PM »
Thanks for the info and the link
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