✅ SOLVED Pin? Face with letters missing.

[edlynne]

Need help identifying person and item. The back has no writing and looks like a pin. The letters visible are HER looks like 3 missing letters then MANIV. There could be a letter before the HER. Neat piece found on land that dates back to 1700's.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Admiral George Dewey - the Hero of Manila. Spanish American War, 1898.

"You may fire when ready Gridley."

 

[edlynne]

Thanks Charlie
It was a pin celebrating the victory at Manila.