Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin

Red disc sitting on a silvery scroll with tiny inscribed lines.

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. Streaked with rays, a red disc lets a silvery profile rise from it. Below, a curled silvery scroll carries a large line of characters and two smaller lines. The scroll extends past the disc on both sides. It is 2 inches wide and 2.25 high.

The scroll does the talking, and the disc just listens.