Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Rocket, a globe, and a pink mushroom cloud share one pale rectangle.

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. Pale blue fills the left half, with a small gold rocket and a colorful globe among stars. The right half is cream and shows a tall plume topped with pink and orange, with a line of gold characters below. It is 1 inches wide and 0.6 high.

A busy little diorama with a pin on the back.