Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin

Small head floating above a figure on a path, with sunbeams everywhere.

This Mao Zedong circular lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is metal. Propaganda posters of the era generally pictured a utopian society, with smiling farmers, brave soldiers and happy people gathered around Mao, who was cast as a benevolent father and wise teacher. Near the top of a red field full of fine radiating lines sits a pale, left-facing head. Below it, a small gold figure stands on a thin path with a raised arm. A smooth, beaded-edge gold rim surrounds it all. It is 1.5 inches in diameter.

Rays everywhere, and one very tiny traveler.