Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin
About this piece
Glossy red sun, pale silver head, and a red ribbon fluttering underneath.
This Mao Zedong circular 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. Raised in silvery relief, a left-facing head and shoulders fill a round red field. Below the collar, a folded red ribbon and a small ornamental base curl outward past the disc. Color is vivid and the gloss unbroken. It is 1.5 inches in diameter.
Ribbons make everything look like an announcement.




