Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Folding in a gold-edged ripple, the flag keeps a profile at the corner.

This Mao Zedong 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. Cut as a billowing red flag, finished with fine gold outlines. A gold head in profile sits at the left, and two short lines of gold characters step across the right side. It is 1 inches wide and 0.75 high.

Windswept and neatly outlined, with its gold edges intact.