The belt loops are too high and the left one usually touches the top of the middle stitching row and the pull strap loop stitches. I think it's enough to be highly suspect.
Joop's reference shows the Waffen code WaA170 has 4 manufactures listed (p 667):
Alban Zeitz / bbq Ehrhardt und Kirsten Leipzig 1941 / hsu / bib Otto Graf, Leipzig 1940-42)
The maker stamp looks like "CLEUNERBER GmbH" or "CLEUNERBERG" to me. The first and last letters are messed up. I can't find any references to that business name or leather shop. It may be a copy of a real stamp, but I just can't find anything close to it. Leipsig is close to BAUDTZEN (a real town) - both are near Dresden in Southeast Germany. (I blew up the photo a bit - the other photo is my 1942 DLU from DRESDEN - closest I have).
But, the stamp area is smeared with what looks like black ink or a bad attempt to clean it off or both.
There should be a "." in the "PO8" stamp.
I'm no any kind of expert, but I have thumbed through a few reference books.
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