badge
- Museum number
- 1990,0204.19
- Description
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Chairman Mao badge. (whole)
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Profile of Mao in gold (head and collar) on red background. Upper background of sunrays. Lower background of stippling. Hammer and sickle in gold below Mao. Inscription below. (obverse)
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Hollowed out form of Mao's head and collar. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1966-1976
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 58 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This object was made during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
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Associated Event: Cultural Revolution
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Associated Event: 12th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the CCP (1968)
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Acquisition notes
- The collection was formed by Yang Jie, the son of a disgraced official at Hangzhou, during the Cultural Revolution. He presented them to Christopher Dyer in 1982 (letter in file).
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1990,0204.19
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: DH 1167