badge
- Museum number
- 1990,0204.25
- Description
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Chairman Mao badge. (whole)
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Profile of Mao in silver (head and collar) on red sky background above, and red background below. Sea of red flags, warship and inscription below. (obverse)
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Hollowed out form of Mao's head. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1966-1976
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 50 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: 9th National Congress of the CCP (1969)
- Associated titles
Inscription from: Bombard the Headquarters (Mao Zedong, 1966)
- 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
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1990,0204.25
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: DH 1176
