Button I.D. help (Yo PBK)

[RKinOI]

Any ideas on this button found at N.C. coast ? It's small like a cuff button and says extra quality.

 

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[PBK]

It's a U.S. Navy button. The design was introduced sometime around 1850 and remained in use until 1941. Here's a link to a few from the Civil War period:

http://www.relicman.com/butfzzna.htm

 

[Michelle]

B u ti ful.......nice!