Peace symbols
The dove and the olive branch, or a dove carrying an olive branch in its beak, are ancient symbols of peace; in the latter part of the twentieth century, the peace sign, developed by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and the V hand signal came into use around the world.
Richard H. Springman, U.S. Army, wearing a peace sign necklace, speaking with a North Vietnamese Army officer. He and 13 other captives, some also pictured, were released on the same day, 18 February 1973, two weeks after the Paris Peace Accords
[edit] Alternative interpretations
[edit] V-sign
[edit] Peace flag
Italian language peace flag
Peace dove graffiti in Madrid. The Castilian Spanish "paz" translates to "peace"
[edit] Dove and olive branch
A peace sign in Hebrew, Arabic, and English
[edit] Shalom and Salaam
"Shalom" in blue "Salaam" in green "Peace" in orange
White Poppy
[edit] The Broken Rifle
A rifle snapped in half
The Broken Rifle symbol associated with War Resisters' International and its affiliates actually predates the foundation of WRI in 1921.
The first known example of the Broken Rifle was in the mast-head of the January 1909 issue of De Wapens Neder (Down With Weapons), the monthly paper of the International Antimilitarist Union in the Netherlands. In 1915 it appeared on the cover of a pamphlet, Under det brukne Gevaer (Under the Broken Rifle), published by the Norwegian Social Democratic Youth Association. The (German) League for War Victims, founded in 1917, used the broken rifle on a 1919 banner. In 1921, Belgian workers marching through La Louvrière on 16 October 1921, carried flags showing a soldier breaking his rifle.
Ernst Friedrich, a German who had refused military service, founded the Anti-Kriegs Museum in Berlin with a bas-relief broken rifle over the door, and the Museum distributed broken rifle badges, girl's and women's broaches, boy's belt buckles, and men's tie pins.[23]
[edit] Personification
In Greek and Roman mythology, the goddesses Eirene or Irene, Pax and Tranquillitas personified tranquility, security, calmness, peace.
[edit] Other peace symbols
The crane is a traditional symbol in Japan for, among other things, peace. Paper cranes are often folded, especially around the time of the New Year; a thousand origami cranes is a symbol of good luck, and was popularized as a peace symbol by the story of Sadako Sasaki.
Some unique items have come to symbolize peace. For example, the Japanese Peace Bell was a gift from the UN Association of Japan to the United Nations, presented to them in 1954. The bell remains at UN headquarters and is struck yearly, in remembrance of peace.
The Pax Cultura symbol, created by Nicholas Roerich, has also been used as a peace symbol.
Date palms are signs of peace and plenty in Judaism.
Toshogu shrine of the eternal flame of peace, on which thousand-origami-crane strings have been hung
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