FRANCE 5-star army general's kepi. Size 58. Wear, small holes and stains. Provenance: General Paul GROSSIN (1901-1990). He was military secretary general at the Elysée Palace during the seven-year term of President Vincent Auriol (1947-1954), then appointed by Prime Minister Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury as director general of the SDECE (Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage) in September 1957.