guidon

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Typing this now, I stare at a framed dusty unit guidon, the pennant that once flew over that isolated sandbagged base of ours and was gifted to me by my soldiers.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2020

A second 7th Cavalry guidon was recovered in September 1876, at the Battle of Slim Buttes near present-day Reva, S.D.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2010

Cavalry flag -- known as a "guidon" for its swallow-tailed shape -- had been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which paid just $54 for it.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2010

Then, while a pickup band played slightly off key, Hamlet slowly rolled up the brigade's guidon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The quarter moon was not providing much light, so I trained my pen-size flashlight on the guidon.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore