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1626, Netherlands,  Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. "Losses of the Year" Medal.

Mint Year: 1626 Condition: About XF! Mint Place: Utrecht (shield)  Reference: Dugniolle 3827; van Loon II 164, MH 512. R! Denomination: Medal - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orage - Losses of the Year 1626.   Material: Copper Diameter: 32mm  Weight: 6.54gm

Obverse: Battle scene with cavalry and foot soldiers, below the stylized word Jehovah. Legend: (privy mark: shield) VSQVEQVO : HOSTES (crowned shield) IMMINENT . VNDIQVE

Reverse: The privateers of Dunkirk attacking the fleet of Dutch herring boats. Legend: CONFOTAMINI DEO CONFIDENTES 1626

The Dutch were defeated when trying to prevent the Spanish building a canal from the Rhine and the fishing fleet was much destroyed by Dunkirk privateers operating from Dunkirk and backed by the Spanish.

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Frederick Henry (Dutch: Frederik Hendrik; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1625 until his death in 1647. The last seven years of his life he also was the stadtholder of Groningen (1640-1647).

As the leading soldier in the Dutch wars against Spain, his main achievement was the successful Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629. It was the main Spanish base and a well-fortified city protected by an experienced Spanish garrison and by formidable water defenses. His strategy was the successful neutralization of the threat of inundation of the area around 's-Hertogenbosch and his capture of the Spanish storehouse at Wesel.

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