On the Collection of Chairman Mao's Badge

Generally speaking, there is not much room for the appreciation of Chairman Mao's badge, because there were too many badges issued during the Cultural Revolution, and basically every province, city and even factory issued its own badge of Chairman Mao. There is usually a place behind the badge of honor, which is rarely issued by various departments of the People's Liberation Army.

There are books about Chairman Mao's badge on the market. You can buy them and have a look.

Chairman Mao's badge, referred to as "badge", "red treasure badge" and "commemorative badge", is a badge with Mao Zedong as the main pattern. In the Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong's personality cult reached its peak, so the badge of honor became a ceremony. There are many kinds of Chairman Mao's badges, from the simplest head portrait to the historical events he participated in, and even to his poetry and calligraphy. According to a rough estimate by later generations, there were about 8 billion badges made during the Cultural Revolution, the largest number in the world.

The earliest Chairman Mao badge was made in 1937. It is a silver medal of honor awarded by the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Forces. 1942 Yan' an made the first Chairman Mao badge. Since then, the production of badges has never stopped.

From the summer of 1966 to the summer of 197 1, the badge of honor became the cult object of the whole society; According to statistics, in the five years before and after, * * * produced about ten thousand kinds, totaling about two billion pieces.

The main body of Mao Zedong's badge is Mao Zedong's head (from left), bust or full-length portrait, mostly in red and gold. With Mao Zedong's calligraphy or revolutionary holy places such as Shaoshan, Jinggangshan, Zunyi, Yan 'an and Tiananmen as the background, there are mascots such as pine, bamboo, plum, sun, moon, star and eight model operas around, and some badges still retain Lin Biao's inscription.

Badges of honor are generally round, but also heart-shaped and pentagonal; The shape is getting bigger and bigger, and the largest diameter can reach more than 20 centimeters. You can't wear it with a pin, you can only hang it on your neck and chest with a ribbon. Its material is mainly aluminum, and there are more than 20 kinds of materials such as copper, iron, gold plating, pure silver, crystal stone, plastic, plexiglass and ceramics. Therefore, even from today's perspective, the Medal of Honor is still valuable for collection.

The most exquisite and precious badge of honor is a set of two stars made by the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army and the handwritten stripes of "Serving the People", commonly known as "military stars". At that time, the number of "military stars" and another "seven-point" red gold statue were given away and sold nationwide, reaching 1 100 million.

After the Cultural Revolution, the collection of Mao Zedong badges gradually became popular, and it was regarded as a profitable commodity, and even a fake appeared. Besides, there are collections of Mao Zedong badges everywhere, and some Tibetans have set up home exhibitions of Mao Zedong badges and even published albums and monographs of Mao Zedong badges.