The Surrender of Calais Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Rex gets his teeth into

Rex gets his teeth into his nightly task of collecting up all the empty bottles at the Punch Bowl

trampling over the prostrate bodies of passing pedestrians

the final German troops left France

Military figure in the uniform of the fifth regiment of the Loyal London Volunteers

The Surrender of Calais Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Rex gets his teeth into'The Surrender of Calais', 19th century. A scene from the 100 Years War, in which Edward III of England, having finally taken Calais in 1346, asks for six citizens to be sent to him, to die for their town. The six volunteers were led by Eustache de St Pierre, one of the town's elders, who was the first to volunteer. Their lives were spared by the intervention of Edward's queen, Philippa of Hainault.