146 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 



21. A Dutch Gold Medal. — The accompanying illustration shows 

 the reverse of the medal, the obverse of which bears the following 

 inscription : — 



DOOR DEN WEL EDELE 



GROOT AGTBARE HEER JULIUS 



VALENTYN STYN VAN 



GOLLENESSE, RAAD ORDINARIS 



VAN NEDERLANTS INDIA 



GOUVERNEUR EN DIRECTEUR VAN 



T EYLANT CYLON MET DEN RESORTE 



VAN DIEN WERD BY DESEN GEHONOREERT 



EN VERGUNT A AN DON DIOGO WIDJE 



SINGA DISANAIKE MODLIAAR VAN 



MATURE, CORAAL DER MORUAC KORLE 



JAAG EN SAAYMEESTER MITSGADERS 



MAHAVIBADDA VIDAAN VAN 



GIRWAYS VOOR SYN BETHOONDE 



MANHASTE IVER EN TROUWE 



DIENSTEN AAN DE COMP : 



IN DEN MALLEBAARSE 



OORLOG ALS ANDERS GEGEVEN 



IN HET CASTEEL COLOMBO 



DEN, 1 : JUNY 1749— 



The extreme length of this handsome gold medal is eight inches, 

 and its extreme width would be five and a quarter but for the loss 

 of one of the ornamental bosses on the side. The large boss on the 

 top, which supports the ring with its beautiful flower-buds in filigree 

 work, is bent to a side owing to careless handling. 



In view of the illustration a minute description of the workman- 

 ship of the medal is unnecessary. 



The translation of the inscription is as follows : — With this was 

 honoured, by the Honourable Julius Valentyn Styn van Gollenesse, 

 Ordinary Councillor of Netherlands India, Governor and Director 

 of the Island of Ceylon and the Dependencies thereof, and the same 

 was presented to Don Diogo Wijesinha Dissanayaka, Mudaliyar of 

 Matara, Korala of the Morawak korale, Master of the Hunt and of 

 the Sowing , and also Maha Wihadda Vidane of the Giruwas , for his 

 valiant zeal and faithful service towards the Honourable Company 

 in the Malabar war, as at other times. Given at the Castle of 

 Colombo, 1st June, 1749. 



Van Gollenesse assumed duties as Governor on May 11, 1743, 

 and left for Batavia on March 6, 1751, on being appointed Director- 

 General of the Dutch East Indies. I have no information regarding 

 the Malabar war referred to in the medal, but another medal was 

 given to the same Mudaliyar on April 10, 1747, also for distinguished 



