Haiti vs Liechtenstein flag: how to tell them apart

Both are blue over red bicolours. Haiti puts its coat of arms on a white panel in the middle, and Liechtenstein has a gold crown in the upper hoist corner.

Haiti

Liechtenstein

How to tell them apart

Emblem

Haiti's flag has a white rectangle in the centre with the coat of arms: weapons on a green hill and a royal palm topped with a Cap of Liberty. Liechtenstein has a gold crown.

Emblem position

Haiti's emblem sits in the centre. Liechtenstein's crown sits in the canton, the top corner near the pole.

Why the crown exists

At the 1936 Summer Olympics, Liechtenstein found its plain blue and red flag was identical to Haiti's, so it added the crown in 1937.

Motto

Haiti's coat of arms carries the motto L'Union fait la Force (Unity is strength) on a white ribbon. Liechtenstein's flag has no words.

Bert's facts

Haiti: Haiti has just one land neighbour: the Dominican Republic.
Liechtenstein: Liechtenstein is landlocked, yet it touches two other countries.