Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin

Leaf-green cap, orange cheeks, and a laugh caught mid-glance.

This Mao Zedong circular 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. High glossy dome rises from the white disc. A figure looks right in a vivid green cap with a small red star, with a green jacket and red collar tab, and the printed surface shows a few pale scratches. It is 2 inches in diameter.

Cheerful color, cheerfully scarred, and still entirely in command.