First appearing near activist Brian Haw’s long-running protest outside the Houses of Parliament, CND Soldiers places the contradictions of war and peace in stark relief. Two soldiers, weapons at their side, bend to paint a giant blood-red peace sign.

The work fuses irony and satire: those trained for combat become graffiti artists, their act of “vandalism” more humane than their military duty. The bright red paint, suggestive of blood, drives home the costs of war.

Released as a silkscreen print by Pictures on Walls in 2005, it has since become one of Banksy’s most recognisable anti-war images.