Flags are an almost perfect way to recognize a country, some of them are unique and easy to recognize, others are simple and similar to others around the world.

The summer Olympics of 1936

The year was 1936, at a time there was no internet and color printing books were expensive. Haiti and Liechtenstein were tiny countries separated by an Ocean. It was during the 1936 Olympics the Haitian and Liechtenstein teams discovered they had the same flag,

Haiti’s civilian flag, which was used for sporting events, was the same as Liechtenstein’s with horizontal blue and red bands. After the similarity came to light, Liechtenstein added a gold crown to their flag, making life easier for the Olympics viewers.