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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 399791, member: 56&quot;]An exhibition of Chinese textiles was held at the Royal Ontario Museum in 1977.&nbsp; (The&nbsp; museum has one of the world&#039;s best collections of Chinese textiles.)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the cover of the catalog:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]139127[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As I recall, the badge shown is Imperial.&nbsp; The Chinese were strict in their protocols, and I think civil&nbsp; and military rank badges were square.&nbsp; I also think the five-toed dragon was an Imperial prerogative</p><p><br /></p><p>I would guess yours is a facsimile based on something like this.&nbsp; Could still be hand done, but would have no official standing. Worth your life to wear an unauthorized badge.&nbsp; But wouldn&#039;t it be nice if it were the real deal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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