Leo; Legion of Merit… The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. Leo's "Celtrac" innovations included a derrick, battery charger, radio equipment, etc….**

Cleveland Tractor Co. /John Deere also….

“Beginning in 1938,” Wendel wrote in Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & Antiques, “Cletrac offered certain models in various track gauges to better accommodate the various row widths used in different farming areas. One wheel-type model — the General GG — was offered from 1938 to 1941.”

Cletrac introduced a crawler with rubber tracks in 1940, but the technology of the era could not deliver a stable rubber track, so the tracks stretched. “Recognizing the problems with this design,” Wendel said, “Cletrac voluntarily recalled the rubber-track machines already in the field and retrofitted them with standard steel tracks.”

During World War II, the company developed a high-speed tractor and scout car for U.S. Army use. However, by 1944, low profits and high research costs forced the sale of Cleveland Tractor Company to Oliver Farm Equipment Company. What was essentially the same Cletrac equipment continued to be manufactured under the name Oliver-Cletrac.

http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=4498 About the Celtrac.

Leo Alton (1914)