Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Raising an arm from a pedestal on a red panel, a gold figure stands firm.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is metal. 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. Tall rectangle with a red field of faint rays. The standing gold figure wears a long coat and lifts one arm, on a stepped base above a small cream plaque of raised characters. It is 0.75 inches wide and 1.5 high.

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