Chinese Mao badge – HCR119330

Obverse

Inscription:

毛泽东选集

Design:

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong (military collar), left; red background; red sunray striations; two fighter jets taking off; four volumes of The Selected Works of Mao Zedong; inscription and red star on books; silver rim with continuous raised dots

Reverse

Inscription:

毛主席万岁 / 空军第二次学习毛主席著作积极分子代表大会 / 1968.1

Design:

calligraphic inscription; inscription and date

Information

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976 (ruler/authority)

Material

aluminium

Technique

stamped

Dating

January 1968

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.42

Diameter (mm)

36.1

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

14/2/2023

Source

Esther Rank

Acquisition credit

Presented by Esther Rank, 2023.

Acquisition note

CSG date needs amending

Transliteration (obverse)

Mao Zedong xuanji

Translation (obverse)

Selected Works of Mao Zedong

Transliteration (reverse)

Mao zhuxi wansui / Kongjun di-er ci xuexi Ma zhuxi zhuzuo jijifenzi daibiao dahui / 1968.1

Translation (reverse)

Long live Chairman Mao / The Airforce’s Second Study Chairman Mao’s Works Activists’ Congress / 1968.1

Reference

Wang, H. - 2008 - Chairman Mao badges : symbols and slogans of the Cultural Revolution :

Note:

p. 00

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, cgallacher, pbevan