gon·fa·lon 
(gŏnfə-lŏn′, -lən)
(gŏnfə-lŏn′, -lən)n.
A banner suspended from a crosspiece, especially as a standard in an ecclesiastical procession or as the ensign of a medieval Italian republic.
[Italian gonfalone, of Germanic origin; see gwhen- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]