Chinese Cultural Revolution Medallion

Worn to a soft sheen, a medallion with a profile, a gate, and a ring of text.

This cultural revolution medallion 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. A round medallion with a loop at the top for hanging. A relief head in profile faces left above a gate building and two floral clusters. Fine rays and a ring of small characters circle the edge, worn smooth in places. It is 1.5 inches in diameter.

Pocket-worn, but the inscriptions still hold their ground.