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    imccrack

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    1. Thank you for the replies Gunner and Murphy! The difference between the shiny and subdued makes sense Gunner, I was thinking one was for officers and one was for enlisted, but it makes more sense that one is for dress uniforms and the other for combat uniforms. So they are probably real, but its doubtful that they were acually worn or even found in Afghanistan, and I shouldnt pay over ten dollars for them. Sounds good! I'll check out the belts for dates too, good advice Thank you for your help gentlemen, I have a feeling I am just getting started with this, how fun!
    2. Thx for the reply Bob, I suspect that you are right and that they are too abundant to be so elaborately faked. 25 USD seems expensive to me too, but I think I can get them cheaper in a different location. I wish I had some credible information for you on Kabul, but unfortunately I dont have any idea because I have not been near that area. I will keep my eyes open for salty contractors and see if I can squeeze any info out of them. If Kabul has followed the same trend as other cities in the country though, it is just as dangerous if not more so than a few years ago. Is the job in the city or on the US base? Personally, there is no way I would take a job outside the wire in this country right now. Anywhere.
    3. Hey all, I feel like I am intruding in a tight community to ask a stupid question, but here it goes anyways. I am deployed with the US forces in Afghanistan right now and the locals are selling what they claim are old Soviet belts from the occupation. I want to buy a bunch for good friends who will appreciate the history they have, but I am not completely convinced they are genuine. How does one tell if a patina is real? I would really like to provide an actual picture but we aren't allowed to load anything on these computers. Can I safely assume that there are enough of those mass-produced star soviet belts out there that a scratched up and rusty belt is likely to be real? I am well aware that much of the crap for sale over here is from China and I only want to pay 25 bucks for these things if they are real. Most of them look like the top buckle in the pasted image below, except they are scratched and rusty and have a beautiful looking patina. Some of them look like the gold one at the bottom, but are also scratched up. Does anyone know what the difference is between the muted green ones and the gold ones? Any help is appreciated! if pictures will help a whole lot, perhaps I can find a way to sneak some on, let me know! - Isaac
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