This question has been worrying me for a very long time =))) (Stronghold Crusader)

In the Path of the Crusader, I noticed such a little crap: on the screen before the start of the battle (where opponents, alliances, amount of gold, etc. are shown), in some missions, in the field where the amount of initial game gold is shown, there is a small crusader shield (red cross on a white shield, in the lower right corner of this field). What does it mean?