Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Gold profile in a red disc, perched on an open book.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is metal. 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. Thin gold ring edges the round red face, with a gold head in profile at the center. Beneath it, a small cream-colored open book with a red spine forms the base. It is 0.6 inches in diameter.

Round, red, and very well read.