Dutch Coat of Arm

This is the Coats of arms of the Dutch East India Company, which was established on 20 March 1602 at Batavia by the Dutch who engaged in trade activities in the Indian Ocean. The two lions on their hind feet decipt the sense of guaranteed security of the trade activities of this company. The designing of the emblems of the provincial forts of the dutch are done by adding the provincial emblem to the upper part of this main emblem and symbol of the cock on the rock seen here depicts the city of Galle.