[snarks_when_bored]

On the left, a peace symbol; on the right, the Mercedes-Benz logo:

Now, another question:  Is it just an accident that a peace symbol has the same basic outline as a chicken's foot? Here's a real chicken's foot:

and here's a discussion of a dominoes game called "Chicken Foot", wherein we find the following representation:

Sure looks like a peace symbol to me...

[Dont Mention the War]

My parents told me when I was a kid that the peace sign was indeed supposed to be based on a baby chick's foot, because that symbolized innocence, or Colonel Sanders, or something. Whether it's true or it, I have no idea. Neither of my parents were exactly hippies.

[FreedomCalls]

The symbol originated with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the UK. It's intended to represent the semaphore letters N and D to stand for Nuclear Disarmament.