Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Long, tilted red flag with a gold profile and a line of script.

This Mao Zedong 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. Long and narrow, the flag-shaped badge has a curled pole end at the left. A gold head in profile sits near the pole, and raised gold characters in a running hand fill the center and lower right. It is 1.5 inches wide and 0.75 high.

A long flag, fully rolled out.