Serge Baret Prefect's uniform, in black cloth. Jacket with s - Lot 59

Serge Baret Prefect's uniform, in black cloth. Jacket with shoulder tabs and embroidered facings, gold buttons. Legion of Honor Officer's ribbon on left side. Black cloth lining and white cloth in sleeves, one marked "M. Serge Baret"; black embroidered banded pants (small moth holes in embroidery). Note : Baret Serge (1910 - 1978) Born into a teaching family, his father was killed in 1914, and he was raised by his mother. After studying law, he became head of the prefect's private office from 1930 to 1936, then head of the private secretariat of National Education Minister Jean Zay from 1936 to 1938, and sub-prefect of Aveyron from 1938 to 1940. After the armistice, he was General Secretary of the Jura Prefecture, then of the Hautes-Alpes Prefecture from 1942 to 1944, participating in the Resistance and infiltrating the public administration. Council President Pierre Mendès France wrote this quote: "From 1940, [Serge Baret] was the soul of the Resistance in the Hautes-Alpes department. In charge of parachuting services within the department, he carried out his mission with remarkable intelligence and bravery. During the Liberation battles in the Hautes-Alpes, demonstrated the finest leadership qualities. A fine Frenchman". After the Liberation, he became Secretary General of the Bouches du Rhône Prefecture, then Prefect of Aude in 1946, Dordogne in 1947, Hérault in 1951, and Loire-Inférieure in 1955. In 1956, he was transferred to the prefecture of Algiers. In 1957, he entrusted police powers in the Algiers department to General Massu, commander of the 10th Parachute Division, to break up FLN acts of terrorism. He was dismissed from his post in 1958 for refusing to return to France after the coup de force of May 1958, but was appointed Secretary General of the Government by General de Gaulle.