Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Half red portrait, half pale-blue ship, with a title strip along the base.

This Mao Zedong 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. Split into two panels, the rectangle has a gold head in profile on red at left and a steamship under a red pennant on a pale sea at right. Gold lettering runs along the cream strip below. It is 1 inches wide and 0.75 high.

Two scenes sharing one frame with good manners.