Holiday Peace

Holiday Peace Cause Button Museum
Category
Cause
Event
Additional Images
Holiday Peace button back Cause Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Image Description

Illustration of a green holiday wreath with red berries and a red ribbon in the shape of a peace sign on a white background
Curl Text DONNELLY/COLT BUTTONS BOX 188 HAMPTON CT 06247 860-455-9621 IN MEMORY OF VIC SHUMACHER
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/2 inch
The Manufacturer
Donnelly Colt
Additional Information

This button utilizes the iconic peace symbol in the form of a holiday wreath, and may have been used during the holiday season for protests.

The peace sign was originally created in 1958 by Gerald Holtom for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Inspired partly by semaphore flag signals for "N" and "D" (Nuclear Disarmament), Holtom sketched the symbol several times in preparation for the upcoming protests. Afterward the symbol was adopted by the American Student Peace Union in the 1960s, it grew to become the iconic symbol that we know today. Holtom passed away in 1985, and his collection of sketches was donated to the Commonweal Collection at the University of Bradford.
Catalog ID CA0224