I am a completist.
About ten years ago, hesitated too long and missed out on a set of Meccano spanners with large Meccano-stamping then available. This large wordmark dates from around 1916 or thereabouts - and these are much less common than the later nickeled spanners. So when recently spotting the chance to get two, even though a bit pricey with shipping and fees added - went ahead and bought two!
So now my assortment of nickel Meccano of the early 1920s has spanners matching the period screwdriver obtained a few years earlier.
Meccano started marking everything with the brand, reportely in response to the long fight with the pretty blatant rip-off American Model Builder from 1913 or so. This makes dating parts easier, from the presence and the evolving style of the lettering. Many parts were also stamped with a patent numbers/dates. Then a "Fabrique en Angleterre" marking was added from 1921, to comply with new French regulation.
Even though a later 1920s nickel spanner would not be too wrong either, these early 20ies black spanners are a better match for the screwdriver - and make the set again a little more complete. For the complete period-experience.
I am a completist :)
