Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Young face in greyscale above a small red flag and a few tools.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is porcelain. During the Cultural Revolution, the article says, Mao's portrait or statue stood in virtually every home, and people bowed before it and recited quotations from the small Little Red Book. Slightly domed white disc with a faint gold edge. The figure wears a high-collared jacket and looks just off center, and a band of orange-red with a yellow star and crossed implements runs beneath the shoulders. It is 1.5 inches in diameter.

Youthful, grave, and neatly banded in red.