Help! I want to identify the maker of my belt buckle

[WolfgangGM]

Happy holidays everyone, I would love to know the maker of my new belt buckle. It is fairly old, I don’t know an exact date of birth for it but I picked it out at a pawn shop in Tubac, AZ while it had a very heavy tarnish I decided to have it polished so I could build my own character to it. Now the hallmark on the backside is
NAVAJO
M.S.B

Now, I would love for this piece to be a Begay however I don’t believe this to be the case the Marc Begay pieces I’ve seen don’t have a middle initial or character. So, I would love some help finding the creator of this belt buckle that I fell in love with! Thank you I’m advance.

[Jason]

I believe that is an H.S.B. This is a thread of another piece with same stamp.

Howard S Begay Coral Cuff

Thanks. I didn’t see the second one you mentioned. I just went back and checked the hallmark on the $2400.00 one and it is less legible than mine. I’m attaching a screenshot to show what I mean. [image] so now the million dollar question—-are either of them legitimate examples of his work?

[AC]

I would say that that was it. Even the same short leg on the H

[WolfgangGM]

This is great, thank you all I was looking through a book of Native hallmarks last night and wasn’t finding anything then I took another look at the buckle and noticed it was an H.S.B.

[AC]

It is a very nice buckle. Having one of his children checking in on the other thread was very cool too.