China - Flags from the Peoples Republic

National Flag from the People's Republic of China. The communist revolution is represented by the red background, the large, golden-yellow, five point star represents the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while the smaller stars signify the four classes of the revolution as defined by Mao Zedong.

Flag of the Communist Party of China. The flag of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) places the traditional symbols of international communism, which are the crossed worker's hammer and the peasant's sickle, on a red field.

People's Liberation Army Ceremonial Flag. This small silk flag is a ceremonial color of the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Chinese Communist Youth League Flag 1950s. The flag of the Communist Youth League (CYL) dates from the 1950s when all of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) youth organizations were merged.

Flag of the Young Pioneers of China. This is a large detachment flag of the Communist Chinese co-ed youth organization, the Young Pioneers of China (YPC), which is operated by the Communist Youth League (CYL), the organization of older youth under the direct supervision of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

China - Young Pioneers Red Scarf. This small, cotton, red scarf is for a communist Chinese Young Pioneer, and it likely would have been the only article of clothing comprising the "uniform" of that organization

China - PR, military battle flag - Sino-Soviet clash at Zhen Bao/Damansky Island, 1969 A rare specimen discovered in a military storehouse after the demobilization following the border clashes between China and the Soviet Union in the late 1960s.

Communist Youth League Pennant, clash at Zhen Bao/Damansky Island 1969 This award pennant was presented to a unit of the Military Farm Corps stationed in the Northeast Frontier. This was an award pennant to a youth vanguard pioneer team from the Communist Youth League for outstanding performance on duty.

Communist Youth League Flag from the Sino-Vietnamese Conflict 1987 This is a presentation flag of the Communist Youth League of China (CYL). This flag is a silent witness to the history of a conflict almost unknown in the west.

People's Republic of China - Cultural Revolution. A rare silk unit numbered commemorative military flag dating from China's Cultural Revolution.

"Long Live Chairman Mao, the Great Leader" Flag. This is a small red cotton pennant of the type routinely seen carried by members of the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution in China. Printed in Chinese Characters are the words "Long Live Chairman Mao, the Great Leader."

China - The Lixin County "Facing the Sun" Children's Group Flag, 1968. This red cotton flag was made during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, when the use of red flags with inscriptions was omnipresent in China.

China Cultural Revolution Red Guard Flag. This flag contains Chinese characters which reads: "Beijing Chemical Industry Research Inst. Red Guard" (BCIRI) is typical of flags carried by the Red Guards during China's Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976.

China - Cultural Revolution Flag of Faction 973. This is a Red Guards flag from the Cultural Revolution, a period of internal turmoil inside China that lasted from 1966 to 1976.

China Red Guard Flag with Lin Biao Slogan. This red flag with a Chinese inscription in golden yellow characters that reads: "Sailing the seas, we rely on the helmsman, making revolution; we rely on Mao Zedong thought. - Lin Biao". The text was well-known in the Cultural Revolution,

China Beida University Red Rebel Group Flag. This flag is likely a very early Red Guard flag as some of the first actions of the Red Guard rebels occurred at Peking University in 1966. The flag's dark golden Chinese characters translate into: "Beida [Beijing] University Red Rebel Group."

Red Guards Flag - Number 1 Wholesale Department. This is a red flag with yellow Chinese characters that translate into: "Number 1 Wholesale Department, Cultural Products Company, City of Beijing" and it was used by the Red Guards at that facility.

China - Red Guards Tianjin Secondary Schools. This is an armband of the Red Guards, a student's group associated with fanatical devotion to Mao and his Cultural Revolution.

China Workers-Peasant-Student Revolutionary Rebel Field Operations Corps, City of Tianjin, unnumbered armband. This armband would have been worn by Mao supporters at political rallies and other communist functions.

China - Revolutionary Rebel Team Armband. This is an armband of the Revolutionary Rebel Team. The civil strife in China that began in 1966 and continued until Chairman Mao Zedong's death in 1976 is known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

China - Red Guard Armband. This is an armband of the Red Guards, a student's group associated with fanatical devotion to Mao and his Cultural Revolution. The civil strife in China that began in 1966 and continued until Chairman Mao Zedong's death in 1976 is known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

China Red Guards Armband - United Combat Team, Banking system, Tianjin. This is an armband of the Red Guards, a student's group associated with fanatical devotion to Mao and his Cultural Revolution.

China - Red Guard Armband. This is an armband of the Red Guards, a student's group associated with fanatical devotion to Mao and his Cultural Revolution. The civil strife in China that began in 1966 and continued until Chairman Mao Zedong's death in 1976 is known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

China - Red Guard Meeting Representative Armband. This is an armband of the Red Guards, a student's group associated with fanatical devotion to Mao and his Cultural Revolution. The civil strife in China that began in 1966 and continued until Chairman Mao Zedong's death in 1976 is known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

Red Guard Armband -Red Guard Command Center, Copper Electrolysis Plant, Tianjin A companion piece to ZFC0753, a Red Guards Flag, this is an armband dating to the Cultural Revolution in China .

China Red Guards Armband Tianjin Secondary Schools. This is a red cotton with golden yellow Chinese inscription, "China Red Guards Armband Tianjin Secondary Schools" armband from the secondary schools of the Red Guards of China.