Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Blazing in a red sunburst, a gold profile wears a beaded fringe along the base.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. 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. Rounded rectangle badge in glossy red with fine radiating lines. The gold head in profile sits at the center, and a row of gold characters and small beads edges the lower rim. It is 1 inches wide and 0.5 high.

Radiating confidence from an inch of red.