Liechtenstein Flag

How to identify it

Blue over red with a gold crown in the upper flagpole corner. Haiti uses the same blue-over-red bicolour but carries a coat of arms in the centre instead of a crown next to the flagpole.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The crown was added in 1937 after the 1936 Olympics revealed that Liechtenstein and Haiti used the same plain blue-red bicolour.

History of the design

A 1982 law introduced the current drawing of the crown while retaining the 3:5 blue-over-red layout.

Similar flags

Compare the details that separate these designs.

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  Haiti

  Haiti centres a white panel containing its coat of arms; Liechtenstein instead places a gold crown at the upper left.

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