CM61a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The front has a red decal with a long quotation from Mao (see below). The back features the symbol of Chinese Railway System flanked by two characters 济 ji (stands for 济南 Jinan) and 列 lie (stands for train, 列车 lieche). A double silver bowstring surrounds the rim. The domed lid is plain with a ball knob. Inscription: The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious. (中国共产党是全中国人民的领导核心。没有这样的一个核心,社会主义事业就不能胜利。) Quotation from Mao Zedong’s talk at the general reception for the delegates to the Third National Congress of the New Democratic Youth League of China (May 25, 1957).