How was the peace sign (an upside-down Y inside a circle) created, and by whom?

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How was the peace sign (an upside-down Y inside a circle) created, and
by whom?

-- Mehmet Dokucu <c90806md@wuvmd.wustl.edu>, September 1994

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The symbol was created by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the UK
or the CND.

The symbol is the superposition of the letters CND in semaphore.

C - vertical - 4 oclock
D - vertical - 6 oclock
N - 4 oclock - 8 oclock

-- Thomas Gray <ai380@FreeNet.Carleton.CA>

As I recall:

The peace sign was created for the "Ban the Bomb" march to
Aldermaston in England in the mid 60s.

It is the superimposed semaphore signals N and D for Nuclear
Disarmament.  Sorry, I don't have my Boy Scout Handbook handy, or I'd
tell you which one was which.

-- Peter Jennings <peterj@netcom.com>