Chinese Mao Zedong Glowing Lapel Pin

All glow and no red: a warm profile in a fully golden coin of a badge.

This Mao Zedong glowing lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is plastic. 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. A round badge in a warm golden color with a raised head and shoulders in profile facing left. A thin beaded rim circles it, and a small decorative band with tiny text sits at the base. It is 2 inches in diameter.

Plain, shiny, and perfectly happy to be so.