recommend giving an agate bracelet. It's the kind that can be engraved, write the other person's name on it, or engrave some blessings and the like. Agate is pure natural, very suitable for giving to middle-aged and elderly people, it is generous and fashionable and also very healthy.
Agate is known as the stone of natural spirituality and happiness, and is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism. The unique bright red color of red agate symbolizes joy, wealth and well-being, happiness and longevity, and can bring happiness and luck to the other person. So when you customize it, you can choose a string of black agate with a red agate in the middle, and this color combination is very beautiful.
For middle-aged and elderly people, they often don't like some fancy things, but prefer some things with a sense of accumulation. Black agate is very heavy, and there is a sense of spirituality in calmness.
Or you can also give him a military license plate, the kind with a metallic texture and a name engraved on it, which is also very suitable.