50 years after its creation - has the peace sign lost its meaning?

The peace sign was first drawn by artist Gerald Holtom in 1958, as part of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and first used publicly on a London peace march.

When explaining the sign, Holtom wrote: "I was in despair. Deep despair. I drew myself: the representative of an individual in despair, with hands palm outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner of Goya's peasant before the firing squad. I formalised the drawing into a line and put a circle round it." Holtom died in 1985.

In the 50 years that passed, the original CND sign has become one of the world's most recognisable and most commercialised designs.

In a current campaign for Tiffany & Co (picture below) model Lily Cole wears a 4.8 carats platinum and diamond peace sign pendant, with price tag of £2,550. 

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