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Title: Mao's Red Guard Armband
Description: 0. No Binding. Ephemera, ????? ??? ??? Chinese Cultural Revolution armband. Appears to be stencil printed onsilk. Edges and ends are sewn. The Cultural Revolution which took place between circa1966 and 1976 was a social/ political movement. Mao Tse Tung, then Chairman of the ruling Communist Party started this movement to reinforce strict communist dogma. Capitalism and traditional Chinese culture were to be obliterated Loosely translated the armband declares the wearer to be in Mao's Red Guard in Xinyinong. The Red Guard were students mobilized by Chairman Mao at the onset of the cultural revolution. Very Good.

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