Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Rounded rectangle with plum-like blossoms and a face in a scarf.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. 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. Small rounded-rectangle badge carries a face with a scarf at the chin. Plum-like branches with yellow blossoms spread across the lower right, and vertical lines of script run down the left. It is 1.5 inches wide and 1.75 high.

Squared-off edges, and it wears them well.