V sign
The V sign is a hand gesture that means victory or peace. It is made by raising the first and second fingers on the hand, and putting down the other fingers.
Winston Churchill showing the V sign.
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U.S. presidential candidate Richard Nixon using the gesture as a victory sign in 1968.
Actor Steve McQueen flashing the V sign (for peace) for a mugshot, after being arrested for drunk driving (1972)
Churchill was initially unaware of the offensive meaning of holding up his hand like in this gesture (1942).
English singer-songwriter and entertainer Robbie Williams does the reversed V sign at a paparazzo photographer in London in 2000.
GIs using the peace sign on Turning the Regs Around (1973)
V-sign used by Katherine Stinson in 1920s Tokyo
Young Japanese women giving V gesture in Ikebukuro (2010)
Iranian women during the Green uprising in 2009
