Title
Badge featuring Mao
Year/Period
Late 1960s
Region
China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: Dia: 5
Accession No.
1997-04934
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr Xu Cheng Bin
In this badge Mao is featured in a Red Army uniform. He is presented as the symbol of communist China, standing before a sea of red flags. Huge numbers of badges were produced at the height of the Cultural Revolution, from 1966 to 1969. Materials ranging from plastic and bamboo to gold were used to manufacture badges but aluminium was by far the most common material. Porcelain badges such as these were actually produced for only a short span of time (about a year). Their fragility may have contributed to the decline in their production.
