Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Wide oval with a strolling figure and a ribbon of script along the bottom.

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. Wide oval plate holds a figure in a long coat, a hat held in one hand, set on a mottled red field. A silvery band with a line of tiny characters curves along the lower edge, with a small hanger loop on top. It is 3 inches wide and 2.25 high.

The oval and the stroll suit each other.