Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin

Standing figure in a long robe among red contour hills and a silvery slope.

This Mao Zedong circular lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is metal. Propaganda posters of the era generally pictured a utopian society, with smiling farmers, brave soldiers and happy people gathered around Mao, who was cast as a benevolent father and wise teacher. Slender standing figure in a long robe faces forward on a deep red field engraved with contours of hills. The base is a rough slope of silvery rock, with fine lines picked out across it. It is 3.5 inches in diameter.

Alone on the hilltop and entirely composed about it.