Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Brown-toned portrait, bright red collar tabs, and a worn gold edge.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is porcelain. During the Cultural Revolution, the article says, Mao's portrait or statue stood in virtually every home, and people bowed before it and recited quotations from the small Little Red Book. Turning slightly left, the figure wears a cap with a small red star, shaded in warm grey-brown. Two red collar tabs punch out against the dark jacket, and the thin gold rim shows some rubbing along its lower curve. It is 1.5 inches in diameter.

Two tabs of red and not one wasted stroke.