Fifty years of the peace symbol

A protestor wears the CND symbol on his sunglasses during a Ban the Bomb march from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in Aldermaston to Trafalgar Square, April 18, 1960 Photograph: John Franks/Keystone/Getty

CND supporters from Aldermaston join a Ban the Bomb march on March 1, 1963 Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty

American folk singer Joan Baez performs at an anti-Vietnam war demonstration in London's Trafalgar Square, May 29, 1965. Amongst her audience are actress Vanessa Redgrave and singer Donovan Photograph: Keystone/Getty

October 7, 1967, Chicago, USA: Bishop James A. Pike, wearing a hippy peace symbol, called for a renewal in modern churches that would "enable more and more people to turn on without drugs". Pike, a former Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of San Francisco, speaking at a meeting of the Bahá'í Faith, raised the medallion symbol and said, "I have pledged to wear this until we cease our invasion of Vietnam." Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

Jun 26, 1968, Meadville, USA: Hippies sit on the porch of an old farm house which they had been occupying for a few weeks Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

A sign for hippies, peace, love, and flowers rests in the garbage can of a New York City park. New York, USA, circa 1970 Photograph: Owen Franken/Corbis

Miochael Foot leads a CND march to Hyde Park, London, 1983 Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Tributes on the star of George Harrison at Hollywood's Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, 2001 Photograph: Steve Wood/Rex Features

February 8, 2003: More than 3,000 anti-war demonstrators gather together to form the world's largest human peace sign on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. The group marched in support of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Iraq Photograph: Rainbow Aerials/Getty

February 14, 2003: War protestors use their naked bodies to form a peace sign in protest against the Bush administration's move towards war with Iraq. The 23 men and women gathered at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park on Valentine's Day morning, took off their clothes, and formed the peace sign lying face down, face up and also standing Photograph: Taylor Jones/AP

A man with the peace sign painted on his face is seen during an anti-war demonstration outside the US embassy in Athens on March 29, 2003 Photograph: Thanasis Stavrakis/AP

July 4, 2003, Philadelphia: A group of protesters hold a US flag - with a peace sign in place of the stars - during an anti-war rally and march at Franklin Square Park on Independence Day Photograph: William Thomas Cain/AFP

Holding torches, some 3,500 people form the sign of peace during an anti-war peace rally in Heroes Square in Budapest, Hungary, March 18, 2006. The rally was organised by the Peace Chain movement to mark the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq Photograph: Peter Kollany/AP

Detail of a Julie Wolfe 18 karat gold peace sign necklace with opal. Worth $2,750, it's exclusively available at Barneys in New York Photograph: Courtesy of Barneys New York/PR

Barneys New York's customised Volkswagen New Beetle, hand painted by New York-based artist Jean-Paul Philippe. A one-of-a-kind, it will be featured prominently in all of Barneys New York's marketing materials for their upcoming holiday campaign: Peace & Love - Have a Hippie Holiday! Photograph: Courtesy of Barneys New York/PR