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image by Zoltan Horvath, 29 June 2024According to the law of 30 June 1982,
published in Landesgesetzblatt (State Journal of Laws) on 18 September
1982, the prince’s standard is now horizontally divided blue-red with
the greater State arms in the middle and a yellow
border whose width is 1/9th of the hoist width. The proportions are the same
as for the other Liechtenstein flags (3:5).
Ivan Sache, 1 March 2001, translating and adapting Roger Baert
in [bat00]
If the height of the flag is 1, the width of the yellow
border is 1/9th of the height of the flag,
if the top and the bottom of the coat of
arms touch or nearly
touch the yellow border, then: the height of the coat of arms is equal to
ca 1−1/9−1/9=7/9ths
of the height of the flag.
Pascal Vagnat, 14 October 1999
This flag is wrongly reported as the national flag of
the Principality of Liechtenstein in a supplement to the National
Geographic Atlas of the World, fifth edition, 1983.
Phillip Nelson and Rickey Owens-Smith, 19/20 August 1998
image by António Martins, 22 November 2001
Later, the “royal standard” was a 2:3 flag, horizontally divided
yellow-red. It was officially prescribed by the 1957
law. The former “royal standard” is now used by the
other members of the princely House.
Ivan Sache, 1 March 2001, translating and adapting Roger Baert
in [bat00]
This flag is shown in Grossen Flaggenbuch (1939–1942)
[neu39], Smith (1975)
[smi75b], and Album des
Pavillons (corr. #30, 1998) [pay98]
as the Prince Standard.
Ivan Sache, 22 December 1998
Neubecker’s Flaggenbuch 1939
[neu92]
shows this as the Princely House Flag,
yellow over red bicolour, 3:5 in ratio.
Željko Heimer, 7 December 2002
In 1897, the standard of the Prince of Liechtenstein was seen during his
inspection of warships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. It was a square
flag made of three equal horizontal yellow-red-yellow stripes. The
princely shield topped with the crown was placed in the middle of the
flag. The flag had a border made of red and blue triangles.
Ivan Sache, 1 March 2001, translating and adapting Roger Baert
in [bat00]
Strangely enough, it being a central European and German-speaking
principality, in Siebmacher 1878 [g2h78]
there are no flags for Liechtenstein at all. Ströhl’s Deutsche
Wappenrolle 1897 [stl97] may give some
information on this subject.
Santiago Dotor, 21 January 2002
image by Ivan Sache
image by Ivan Sache
The former “royal standard” is now used by the other
members of the princely House. The proportions are the same as for the other
Liechtenstein flags (3:5).
Ivan Sache, 1 March 2001, translating and adapting Roger Baert
in [bat00]
It is described in the official Liechtenstein site
flag’s
page as the colours of the Princely Household:
«Das Fürstenhaus führt mit Gold-Rot eigene Farben»
Ivan Sache, 22 December 1998
3:5 
The law of 30 June 1982 prescribed a
service flag to be used by the government and the assembly. It is a 3:5
horizontally divided blue-red flag with the greater
arms in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 1 March 2001, translating and adapting Roger Baert
in [bat00]
The flag of the Government and the Assembly. The Government and the
Assembly were granted by the law of 30 June 1982
a service flag horizontally divided blue-red with the
greater coat of arms in the middle. Proportions are
3:5.
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2002, quoting from
[bat00]