Germany, Rad. A Standard Issue Em/Nco’s Rad Belt Buckle, With Leather Tab, By Schmöle & Co Hold royal cypher of King Ernest

royal cypher of King Ernest Augustus I on the reverse centrepiece and dated "MDCCCXXXIX" (1839) on the centrepiece ring

Military Long Service 1st Class Cross for Fifteen Years' Service (bronze gilt

magnetic metal receiving clip finished in gray and stitched in place where the belt wraps around to the reverse on the left end

Meyer led the 1st Company for a short period

His actual birth date was April 29

Germany, Rad. A Standard Issue Em/Nco’s Rad Belt Buckle, With Leather Tab, By Schmöle & Co Hold royal cypher of King Ernest(Reichsarbeitsdienst Koppelschloss). Constructed of matte aluminum, the obverse with a raised slightly pebbled field, depicting a spade with a mobile swastika on the blade, surrounded by a circular field decorated with five wheat stalks the reverse hollow, with an integrated catch and a double claw spring bar; marked S & C, 36 on the reverse, measuring 63 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), with a leather tab attached, marked Schmle & Co., in overall very fine