badge
- Museum number
- 1990,0204.57
- Description
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Chairman Mao badge. (whole)
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Profile of Mao in gold (head and collar) on red sunray background. Gold warship surging through waves below Mao. (obverse)
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Hollowed out oblong. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1966-1976
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 44 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
- Associated Event: Cultural Revolution
- 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
- 1990,0204.57
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: DH 1214