Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin

Pale blue background, a star on the cap, and a red scarf flowing below.

This Mao Zedong circular lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is metal. After Mao's death in 1976, the Communist Party began a process of de-Mao-ization, and much memorabilia was destroyed, statues were taken down, and many badges were collected and melted into functional objects. Against a pale blue ground sits a face in a peaked cap with a red star. Below, a red banner or scarf with a small collar tab drapes across, and a rocky peak rises at the right. Tiny characters run along the base. It is 2 inches in diameter.

A cool blue backdrop in a very red family.