Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Small red hillside carries a monument and a gold profile in a halo.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. After Mao's death in 1976, the Communist Party began a process of de-Mao-ization, and much memorabilia was destroyed, statues were taken down, and many badges were collected and melted into functional objects. Cream rectangle with a gold border, filled by a red hill shape. A gold head in profile sits in a round halo at the right, and a slender gold tower stands at the left beside small raised characters. It is 0.8 inches wide and 0.5 high.

One hill, one tower, one very tidy composition.