Great stuff, thanks for this information . 

Would you be willing to sell this piece 😁

@gap I have added updated information to the AVFS thread that @KevinBeyer linked earlier, if you want to read more on the AVFS     The badge you posted could possibly be an encampment badge. The membership badge has cutouts inside the circle, which this one does not. The AVFS did not adopt a badge until late 1902 or early 1903. So, if this is an Encampment Badge, it would be one of only a few years (through the process of elimination)  1905, 1907, 1908 or 1911.    Alternately and also another highly likely possibility is that it is a pocket watch fob. The attachment point at the top makes me think this. 

Cliff has a Blackinton Aeronaut wing marked with VHB.  I don't know how long after 1921 they would have kept producing Aeronaut wings.

The badges shown here are a Type 1 (Eagle top) and Type 2 (AVFS Top) and Type 3   On September 29th, 1899 in Columbus, OH, a Veterans organization was formed that would become one of several founding societies of the VFW. This organization called itself the American Veterans of Foreign Service.    The Third National Convention of the AVFS met at Washington Courthouse, OH, and was in session October 11 and 12, 1902. At this Convention the National President was authorized to offer a prize for the best badge design. I have not been able to find a written report or outcome of this, but the physical examples show the result.    At some point the top bar changed to the AVFS bar, shown here are two sets of letter head form 1909 and 1910 showing this badge.    In September, 1903, three separate Veterans organizations that were formed in Pennsylvania met in Altoona, PA and amalgomated to become the American Veterans of the Philippine and China Wars. During the ensuing year, at the suggestion of the Executive Committee, this name was was changed to American Veterans of Foreign Service. They were unaware of the pre-existing OH group by the same name. This newly merged society did not have a membership badge of their own.    In 1904 the two groups found out about each other and started talks to merge into one national society. In 1905 these two groups met in Altoona, PA and completed the merger. The newly merged society adopted the badge of the Ohio group.   At the annual convention held in Buffalo, NY, August 23rd, 1911, a new badge was proposed and adopted. This would be the Type 3. This badge is seen here on the cover of the souvenir book from the 1912 Encampment.   The AVFS would complete its final merger in Denver, CO, in 1913 with the Army of the Philippines and become the Veterans of Foreign Wars.   Bobby Welch National Historian Veterans of Foreign Wars    

Thank you for the help.  I love it.  If it could only talk!

Fascinating footage. Thanks for sharing it with us. Thanks to my dear wife, I was able to visit Manila and Corregidor back in 1991 or ‘92. This trip was my first and so far only visit to WWII battlefields. There was horrendous fighting and damage  in Manila in 1945. Most of which has been cleared and rebuilt. There are sections of the old walled city that are still in ruins.  Corregidor has been preserved in a state of arrested development. The whole island is basically a shrine. Very beautiful place.  To see these places and know what happened there not to long ago is very moving to a history buff like me.  mikie

I have over 400 slides that both my dad and I have taken.  Most were from my time in Vietnam and Thailand.  to scan my slides, I use a HP Scanjet 5300C scanner.  I started using it around 2002 and I'm on number 4.  The only drawback is that it can be used with Windows 10 and not higher.  It has templates that you can use for slides and negatives.  I use mine to scan Engineer insignias in order to create my own catalog.  And I do have two computers and the other is for my printers and newer software updates.

I would suggest to have a look at this forum, they have a section on restoring WW1 vehicles, maybe someone there can help you:   https://hmvf.co.uk/

Museums and the places themselves where history was made is one thing. Meeting the people who made the history is something else. Experiencing both at the same time is out of this world. I’m glad to hear you experienced this.  mikie