The rank badge made for a civil official of the fifth rank, with an embroidered silver pheasant (beauty, good fortune) to the center surrounded by auspicious symbols on a diaper ground, above a lishui stripe, with a key fret and ruyi head border; the second rank badge for a civil official of the ninth rank, embroidered with a gold metallic key fret border, with a paradise flycatcher (longevity) to the center among scrolling clouds and atop a lishui stripe and ruyi head waves; the third badge for a civil official of the ninth rank is embroidered with gold metallic thread to show a paradise flycatcher (longevity) among blooming trees, waves and clouds. The round rank badge approx. 11 1/8 in. diam., 28.5 cm. diam.

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