page_title: Heraldic flag
section_title: Gonfalone
hierarchical_section_title: Heraldic flag / Types / Gonfalone
context_page_description: In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification.
  Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing heraldic flags vary from country to country, and have varied over time.
context_section_description: A gonfalone or gonfalon is a vertically hung banner emblazoned with a coat of arms.  Gonfalons have wide use in civic, religious, and academic heraldry.  The term originated in Florence, Italy, where communities, or neighborhoods, traditionally displayed gonfaloni in public ceremonies.
caption: Royal Banner of the King of Denmark in the 14th century, based on the Royal Arms of Denmark.