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A silk tapestry weave jacket with a removable silk tapestry weave badge attached to the front. There are five green dragons woven across the torso and upper sleeves. An older style of dragon, kuilong, can be found under either sleeve on the side of the torso. These blue dragons are curvilinear and vine-like, compared to the rest of the dragons on the jacket. A green version of the kuilong is seen on the removable badge. The tapestry weave portion of the coat and badge are trimmed with two colours of metal-wrapped thread brocades, as well as metal studs, which resemble those found on military garments. The cuffs of the jacket are trimmed with appliqued brocade, which has been cut into a ruyi-shaped design.