Gènèral Charles Emmanuel Mast (1899-1977), an important French group of medals and awards to Gen. Mast The Chief of Staff of the 10th Army Corps, Head of the Algiers Division and 3rd North African Infantry Division. As a Major General he participated in the liberation of North Africa in 1942, Operations Flagpole and Torch, under the Commander in Chief Lt.Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Post WWII Mast, under the instructions of General de Gaulle remained as Resident General in Tunisia until 1947, whilst heading military missions in Syria and Egypt. Returning to France he was awarded Grand Officier de la Legion D'Honneur. Mast was captured during WWII and held prisoner in Königstein Fortress in 1941. Previously Mast had served in Japan in the inter-war years as a specialist on Japanese military matters, Provenance: medals and awards passed through family hands: Legion D' Honneur Grand Officer and case. War cross 1914-1918 (Croix de Guerre) with mentions in dispatches. War Cross 1939-1945 (Croix de Guerre) mentioned in dispatches at Army level. French Colonial Medal, Tonkin & Maroc 1925 clasps. Legion of Merit Commander, (award from the United States of America President Truman for meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from December 1942 to February 1947) and case. Medal for the Peace of Morocco (Medalia Paz de Marruecos). Greece, Order of the Phoenix military badge 5th class and case. Denmark, Order of Dannebrog, Knights badge and case. Imperial Order of the Dragon on Annam, breast badge and Grand Cross (Annam French protectorate sub division of Indochina, now the central region of Vietnam). Bar of 10 miniature medals and 3 others loose. Enamel badges for Amities Africaines (African Friendship Association, a self-help organisation for former North African soldiers), 7th Algerian Rifle (Tirailleur) Regiment (of French Foreign Legion) enamel badge, and Egyptian badge numbererd 456 and his book 'Histoire d'une rebellion 8.XI.1942 General Mast', pub. Remy-Damoncel, Paris, 1969, signed with dedication.