Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin

Profile with a red flag behind and a pale blue ground with golden specks.

This Mao Zedong circular lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. Badges and lapel pins bearing Mao's face were produced by the billions, and Mao himself called a halt to production in 1969 because the metal used was seen as wasteful. Golden profile is set over a rippled red flag on a pale blue ground. Small patches of gold along the lower left and right edges are shaped like irregular continents. Wear is visible along the edges. It is 1.75 inches in diameter.

Soft blue, stark red, and a few gold stray patches.