 The shield depicts three field cannons and three cannonballs and forms part of the Coat of Arms granted to the Board of Ordnance in 1823.The motto of the Order of the Garter 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' is inscribed on the
Garter.The motto can be translated from middle French as either 'Evil to he who evil thinks' or similarly 'shame upon him who evil thinks'.