According to the present invention, there is provided a laminated composite
including an optical layer having a light reflectivity, and a latent image formation
layer containing a liquid crystalline polymer material and provided on one of major
surfaces of the optical layer, wherein the latent image formation layer includes
at least one oriented portion in an orientation state and at least one non-oriented
portion in a non-orientation state, and the oriented and non-oriented portions
constitute a latent image which is unrecognizable by a direct visual observation
and recognizable by a visual observation through a polarizing member. Also, according
to the present invention, there is provided an information recording medium and
a member of imparting a forgery-preventing characteristic including such a latent
image formation layer.