i found a eagle button,need info

[pigeonman]

found this today while looking along a river bank.has the name sam'l starkey and london on back.found in s.jersey.thanks for any info.

 

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[Dman]

Looks like a Navy button.
dman

 

[PBK]

Looks like a Navy button.
dman

Agreed!

As previously posted in "What Is It?", it's a U.S. Navy uniform button from the latter half of the 1800's. There is some disagreement as to whether it dates from the Civil War period or is slightly postwar.