Old 2155 marked wrench

[moparthug]

Trying to track down some info on this wrench. It's marked with the number 2155, what looks like a Crusader cross, and an odd "v" logo. There is one for sale on eBay claiming it's made by the Champion mower and reaper Co, but I can't verify that. One listing says it's a fire plug wrench, but most are just listed as "Old tractor wrench". Any ideas?

[rustcollector]

https://www.45spaces.com/vintage-wrenches/r.php?r=2155-us-via

Champion was a brand, not a company. I pissed a few people off when I questioned that, but then they tried to find proof of a Champion company and found I was right. Champion mowers and reapers were farmed out to several different companies for manufacturing. Whiteley was the first company to make them and also the patentee.

[four.cycle]

^ 45spaces is most likely your best source for identifying old tractor/implement/machinery wrenches. 
There have been no shortage of "Champion" manufacturers and brands:


Champion / Champion thread at GarageJournal.com https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/champion-wrench.491400/ /

Champion / Champion adjustable wrench see Girard / "Champion" forged into handle /

Champion / Champion adjustable wrench see Losee Wrench Works / patent 864659 Aug 27 1907 Jesse A. Losee /

Champion / Champion adjustable wrench see Whitman & Barnes / erroneously marked "PAT. FEBY. 23.83 CHAMPION" / actual patent date is Feb 27 1883 patent 273170 Frederick H. Seymour /

Champion / Champion-Arrowhead, 5147 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90032 / sprinkler and irrigation wrenches /

Champion / Champion bench grinder see American Grinder Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, WI /

Champion / Champion blow torch see Lenk Mfg. Co., Boston, MA /

Champion / Champion Blower & Forge Co., Lancaster, PA / taps, dies, screw plates, vise / "Electric" screw plates / patent 979073 Dec 20 1910 & 1170072 Feb 1 1916 Henry Brinser Keiper / http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/imagedetail.aspx?id=2867 / https://www.datamp.org/patents/search/xrefCompany.php?id=784 / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/help-identifying-old-champion-forge-post-drill.506866/ /

Champion / Champion Brass see Champion Arrowhead /

Champion / Champion carriage wrench see Goodell Co. (Goodell Bros., Goodell-Pratt) /

Champion / Champion chain wrench see Greene Tweed & Co. / see patent 442569 Dec 9 1890 George W. Buffard /

Champion / Champion chain pipe wrench see Ithaca Drop Forge Co. / Bufford Chain Wrench patent 442569 Dec 9 1890 George W. Buffard /

Champion / Champion DeArment / Champion DeArment Co., Meadville, PA / est. 1886 (renamed to Champion DeArment 1924) / see also Channellock / patent D94156 Dec 25 1934 Howard H. Manning & 1371952 Mar 15 1921 Paul John Tumulla & 1950362 Mar 6 1934 Howard H. Manning / http://alloy-artifacts.org/champion-dearment-tool.html /

Champion / Champion Hardware Co., Geneva, OH / vise / patent 1211024 Jan 2 1917 Frank McGlinchy and Albert L. Wilson /

Champion / Champion hog ring pliers see Chambers Bering & Quinlan, Decatur, IL /

Champion / Champion IHC implement wrench see B.F. Avery & Sons /

Champion / Champion IHC implement wrench see E & D Co. /

Champion / Champion jar wrench see C.S.L. Co., Geneva, OH /

Champion / see Keystone Forge /

Champion / Champion "Lightning" wrench see Champion Machine & Tooling Co. / "Lightning" wrench / patent ? /

Champion / Champion Machine & Tooling Co., / no information /

Champion / Champion Mower & Reaper, Springfield, IL / implement wrench / some specimens marked 2153, 2155, 2156 with stylized Maltese Cross /

Champion / Champion Potato Co., Hammond, IN / "OK Champion" / see OK Champion /

Champion / Champion ratchet wrench see Syracuse Wrench Co. /

Champion / Champion screwdriver see Union Hardware Co., Torrington, CT /

Champion / Champion Silo Co., Des Moines, IA / see also Western Silo Co. /

Champion / Champion silo wrench see Western Silo Co. /

Champion / Champion Spark Plug Co., Toledo, OH / "Plug Master" ratchet manufactured by New Britain Machine / "Miloset" spark plug gapper / patent 2439363 Apr 6 1948 Louis A Habicht and Howard H. Vogel / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/champion-spark-plug-rachet.24974 / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/albert-champion.406071/#post-11350850 /

Champion / Champion tobacco cutter see Enterprise Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, PA /

Champion / Champion Tool Co., Meadville, PA / est. 1886 / patent 908969 Jan 5 1909 George B. DeArment / "Champion" hoof nippers, "Giant" hoof parer / renamed to Champion DeArment Co. 1924 /

Champion / Champion track drill see Handland Buck Mfg. Co., St. Louis, MO /

Champion / Champion vise see Bonney Forge & Tool Works, Allentown, PA / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/spreading-the-bonney-affliction.273680/page-140#post-10786579 /

Champion / Champion vise see Champion Blower & Forge, Lancaster, OH / swivel-base bench vise /

Champion / Champion vise see Champion Hardware Co., Geneva, OH / carpenters woodworking vise /

Champion / Champion vise see Western Tool & Mfg. Co., Springfield, OH

Champion / Champion Wrench Mfg. Co., 928 W. Huron, Chicago, IL / patent 1371952 Mar 15 1921 Paul John Tumulla / renamed to Champion DeArment /

Champion * / see also notes below re: Champion /

re: Champion (notes by twertsy)

A. G. Coes & Co. Worchester, MA (Made for Champion Mower & Reaper Co.)
L. Coes & Co. Worchester, MA (Made for Champion Mower & Reaper Co.)
J. Asbury (Birmingham, England) patented 12/22/1869: (GB patent: GB-186903709) http://www.datamp.org/patents/advance.php?pn=186903709&id=53001&set=3
Champion Mower & Reaper Co. (Springfield, IL) // Also made by Whitely, Fassler and Kelly prior to forming the former company
W & B Co. Marked "Champion W&B Co. Pat FEBY 23, 83" (?) (patent 273170)
Champion Mfg. Co.
William M. Whitely Co. // Whitely Reaper Works Springfield, OH (wrench for adjusting reapers, marked CHAMPION) (Eventually were consumed by IHC)

disambiguation on "Champion": https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/champion-wrench.491400/#post-9704171