Mao badge with hydrogen bomb and missile
Mao badge with hydrogen bomb and missile

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Mao badge with hydrogen bomb and missile,

late 1960s

Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2017-199

Information

Title
Mao badge with hydrogen bomb and missile
Dates

late 1960s

Medium
Metal with enamel and gold
Dimensions
2.2 × 3.2 cm (7/8 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Object Number
2017-199
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Across the bottom on a white ground: 毛泽东思想新胜利 (“New victories of Mao ZeDong thought”) Mark on back
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
badges
Materials
enamel, metal, gold
Subject
bombs, profiles (figures), men, calligraphy (writing), portraits

2008 Battledore Collection (Justin G. Schiller, Kingston, NY), by gift to private collector; 2008-2017 private collector, Princeton, NJ; 2017, by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum.

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