Possible Clues:

• ___-edged
• Covering of gold is lace-thin, initially
• Gold-coloured coating
• A gov't security; a pig
• Supplied with an expensive coat
• Initially, gold is layered thinly for this
• Showy coat?
• A US soldier, a lieutenant, highly decorated perhaps
• Sow a feeling of wrongdoing among hearers
• Soldier, lieutenant, having shiny coat