World Medals: Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône POLAND/FRANCE, Niepodległość Gdańska [Independence of Danzig], 1807, a copper medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Napoléon, standing to left, placing a mural crown on a kneeling female representing the the city of Danzig, caduceus at left, acrostolium at right, 40mm, 36.32g (Bramsen 652; Zeitz 83; Alexander 84; CGMP pp.64-5; BDM I, 53; Slg. Julius 1768; cf. Elsen 164, 2398; cf. WAG e164, 149; cf. DNW 30, 660). About extremely fine £90-£120 Following the siege of Danzig, which began on 19 March 1807 when some 27,000 French troops under Maréchal Lefebvre besieged 14,400 Prussian troops, the garrison capitulated on 24 May. Napoléon established Danzig as a free city on 9 September 1807