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Liechtenstein

Ratio: 3:5 Adopted: June 24, 1937 Usage: National and Civil

The yellow crown Red and royal
was introduced blue have been
to distinguish used to represent
Liechtenstein as the country
a principality of Liechtenstein
since the
18th century

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The Principality of Liechtenstein was created in
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full independence in 1806.
The red and blue of Liechtenstein’s vertically or horizontally, but the
flag date from 1921. There was crown always remains upright.
confusion at the 1936 Olympic
Games in Berlin because the flag THE PRINCE’S FLAG
was very similar to that of Haiti. In The arms of Silesia, Künringen,
1937 the crown was introduced to Troppau, and East Friesland and
the flag of Liechtenstein to establish Rietburg make up the four quarters
the country’s status as a principality of the shield of the Prince’s arms, in
and to distinguish it from the the center of his flag. They represent
Haitian flag. The flag can be hung the noble ancestors of the prince.

THE FLAG OF PRINCE
OF LIECHTENSTEIN
Red and yellow are
the Prince’s colors
The inner shield
represents the ancient
princely family The four arms within
the Prince’s Arms
represent his noble
ancestors

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