Chinese Cultural Revolution Medallion

Profile in orange and green, with bold red lettering stamped along the bottom.

This cultural revolution medallion is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is porcelain. Badges and lapel pins bearing Mao's face were produced by the billions, and Mao himself called a halt to production in 1969 because the metal used was seen as wasteful. Without any rim line, the white medallion holds a portrait. A head in profile faces left above a green jacket with a red collar tab, and three chunky red characters in a rounded hand curve around the lower edge. It is 1.5 inches in diameter.

The lettering is the loudest thing in the room.