Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Glowing Lapel Pin

A profile, a ceremonial gate, fireworks of leaves, and red stars all in one disc.

This Mao Zedong circular glowing lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is resin. 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 badge with a golden inner ring and red ground. A cream relief head in profile faces left above a gate building, small trees and a few little stars, all rendered in fine gold line. It is 3 inches in diameter.

A full panorama squeezed politely into a disc.