Nic  piece.  Rich A. in Pa.

Found another, this time in the late summer of 1944, Poland, an Army Heavy Flak crewman (Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung).    

My pleasure.

This is a photo of Mr. John Goris taken in Lafayette, Indiana where he and his family lived. There are a couple of John Goris in Lafayette at this time, both immigrated from Holland. I believe that this may been originally taken in Holland, and reproduced at a studio in Lafayette.  Is this a Dutch uniform and can anyone nail down the time period? Thanks!

Thank you SO MUCH Richie. That is amazing. I am truly grateful!

I’d pay for that, more than nothing. It has a new belt attachment and the original one is missing, the catch is missing, the buckle has been badly ground or sanded down, red paint was added and it looks funky.

Second post, this time 2 russians morale patch with provenances.    a "Z" patch found at Pokrovsk (Donestk) and a "V" patch found at Kurahove (Donetsk).     An other trophie, this time an Sb23-1 body armour vest with sharpnell impacts into the back of the neck and on the belt.  On the front "30 Rus." white  sentence  mean the  Astrakhan Oblast (Russia), apparently this is a common thing to put some russian county numbers on gears or vehicules. A large V is also painted on the back. Probably to prevent friendly fire from the back.     Also a pair of regular russians knee brace they had been sent to me as a gift with the body armor.     The body armor set up on an EMR digital flora jacket take on a russian prisoner. Exemple of a Sb23 use: Photo of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

I would love to see what is being found.

Thanks for looking, jayhawkhenry.   My understanding is that these SA buckles are in general a lot less standardized in construction, as well as less clearly understood, i.e. all the different authentic variants, who was making them, when they are from, etc.   Here is the same buckle posted to War Relics, if you're curious.  It seems like there is consensus that this is a legitimate buckle, but the thread does descend into all kinds of semi-unrelated directions.   https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/sa-buckles-nskk-nsfk/sa-belt-buckle-835305/

This one looks just a bit off to me. I’ve never seen belt hook. That’s cut off straight like that. Doesn’t mean it’s not right just means I have questions.

Very nice buckle.

Original buckle that was altered for biker or rebellious youth use so it could be used with an American style belt.  You need a chrome plated biker helmet to go with it. Collectible in the biker genre.  I like it.