badge
- Museum number
- 2004,0108.49
- Description
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Chairman Mao badge. (whole)
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Portrait of Mao (head and collar, with red lapels, and red star on his cap) on a red circular background, within a circle of gold sunray design. Below are nine red flags, with a gold hammer and sickle. (obverse)
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Hollowed out oval. Inscription - first part of inscription in Lin Biao's calligraphy. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1966-1976
- Dimensions
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Height: 43 millimetres
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Width: 41 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:
2004-2005 22 Jul-16 Jan, BM Room 69a, Status symbols: identity and belief on modern badges
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Cultural Revolution
- Acquisition date
- 2004
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 2004,0108.49
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: DH 1157 (image)
