If you’re re-doing the rear brakes on your T3 Type 2, this picture over at TheSamba will help a lot.
Note the orientation of the springs, the top springs are under the hooks. Note the long end of the adjuster fork on the right goes towards the backing plate, short end to the front. Note the bevelled edge of the left-hand adjuster fork goes to the back. Some people say the long hook on the bottom spring should go on the left so as not to foul the handbrake cable.
Yes, you can put it back the way you found it but don’t discount the existence of a DPO.