Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Cheerful face in a green cap, set a little off center.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is metal. 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. Small and domed, the disc has no rim line. A smiling face in a green cap with a red star sits high in the field, with bold red collar tabs below and plenty of bare white around. It is 1.5 inches in diameter.

Plenty of white space, and a smile to fill it.