1454 - General Chassin's jacket. Air Force general's jacket with four pockets fastened by three buttons bearing the Air Force coat of arms. An Air Force insignia embroidered in cannetille is located above the right breast pocket; his die-stamped pilot’s certificate, without a serial number, is secured by two straps on the right pocket. His silver Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor is attached below the right breast pocket. Seven rows of decoration bars are displayed above the left breast pocket. Sewn onto the left sleeve is a Type 46 officer’s cannetille paratrooper badge; the shoulder epaulets are of the general’s type. Sewn onto each sleeve are his five gold stars denoting the rank of Air Force General. The jacket is lined with blue satin. Attached to it is one of his embossed Air Force identification tags: X.1075100 Chassin Guillaume 1902. General Lionel Max Chassin (1902–1970) received his first citation in 1925 with the Croix de Guerre T.O.E.; at the time, he was an ensign during the engagements on the Rif coast. made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1935, he joined the Air Force upon its creation and was one of the first certified paratroopers at the Avignon-Puault Parachute School the following year. He played an active role in negotiations during the American landing in 1942 and was sent to Morocco, then to Dakar, to rally French forces to the Franco-American effort; he ended the war as a colonel before being promoted to brigadier general in 1946. He commanded the air force in Indochina from 1951 to 1953 before serving as commander-in-chief of the territory’s air defense in Versailles, ultimately rising to the rank of general of the air force in 1958. He was notably a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, recipient of the 1939–1945 War Cross and the T.O.E. (Theater of Operations in the East) Cross, Commander of the Order of Academic Palms, recipient of the Colonial Medal and the Gold Medal for Physical Education (he played tennis and rugby), Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Grand Officer of the Order of Vietnam, Free France Medal, and Grand Cross of the Nicham el-Anouar. General Chassin tunic. Air Force general’s four-pocket tunic with three aviation buttons down the front. Gold-wire Air Force badge above the right pocket; pilot wings without a number on two loops below the right pocket; silver Grand Cross plaque of the Legion of Honor below. Seven-row ribbon bar above the left pocket. Left sleeve features officer-style gold-wire parachute wings and shoulder loops for generals; five gold stars on each cuff. Blue satin lining. Includes an identity disc stamped “Armée de l’Air X.1075100 Chassin Guillaume 1902.” General Lionel Max Chassin (1902–1970) earned his first citation in 1925 with the Croix de Guerre T.O.E. He served as a naval ensign during the Rif campaign, became an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1935, joined the newly created Air Force, and was among its first parachute-qualified officers at Avignon-Puault. He took part in the 1942 Allied landings and negotiations, joined the Free French in North Africa, and rose to the rank of colonel by 1945 and brigadier general in 1946. He commanded air forces in Indochina from 1951 to 1953, later served as head of territorial air defense at Versailles, and was promoted to general in 1958. He was awarded the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre (1939–45), and the T.O.E.; Commander of the Palmes Académiques; the Colonial Medal; the Physical Education Gold Medal; Officer of the British Empire; Grand Officer of the Order of Vietnam; the Free France Medal; the Grand Cross of Nicham El-Anouar; and other honors.