Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin

Lone standing figure in a robe on a red field of hills.

This Mao Zedong circular 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. Slim standing figure in a long gown faces front on a red disc worked with wavy lines suggesting hills and sky. The surface is mottled and shimmers. The relief is flat and silvery. It is 2.5 inches in diameter.

One small walker, one very large sky.