badge
- Museum number
- 1987,0326.1
- Description
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Chairman Mao badge. (whole)
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Three-quarter bust of Mao (in gold) facing left on red sun background, with an upper background of stippled gold, and lower background in white. Mao wears a double-breasted overcoat with seven buttons visible, his right arm raised, palm showing, his left arm behind his back. To left (below his arm) are Jinggangshan, Yan'an and Tian'anmen, all in gold. Below Mao is a red bar with the dates
1921–1969, and a gold hammer and sickle between the two dates. At lower left are branches of plum blossom in gold and yellow. (obverse)
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Inscription - first part of inscription in Lin Biao's calligraphy. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1966-1976
- Dimensions
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Height: 60 millimetres
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Width: 60 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This object was made during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2008 10 Apr-14 Sept, London, BM, Icons of Revolution
2013 May-Aug, British Museum Gallery 91, Propaganda
- Associated events
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Commemoration of: 1st National Congress of the CCP (1921)
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Commemoration of: 9th National Congress of the CCP (1969)
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Associated Event: Cultural Revolution
- Acquisition date
- 1987
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1987,0326.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: DH 1242
