Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Tall gold figure stands upright in a red panel edged with fine ridges.

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 narrow rectangle with a ridged silver border and red field with faint radiating lines. A gold standing figure in a buttoned long coat is cast in relief, with arms down, on a small base. It is 1 inches wide and 1.5 high.

Ramrod straight in a very narrow frame.