WWII German Military Police "Jakob Blau"
(D800551)
From DID (Dragon in Dream)
W.W.II 1/6 German Military Police Jakob Blau
Feldgendarmerie with motorcycle coat
1:6 Scale 12" Action Figure
Catalog number D80055
The
roots of military police in the German armed forces can be traced back
to the "Proffoss"of the 16th Century, and the creation of the Reitendes
Feldjagerkorps by Friedrich II in 1740. The primary duties of the
Reitendes Feldjagerkorps were to control traffic, to carry important
messages, and to protect members of the royal family. Springing from
this band was the Feldjagerkorps zu Fuss (1741) which served both in
the Napoleonic Wars and the Franco-Prussian War.
The
start of WWII opened the floodgates for numerous police formations to
form and characterized the sometimes-chaotic hierarchy of the German
armed forces. Civilian police units would form the basis for the
Fallschirmtruppen as well as a number of Waffen SS divisions too with
at least two well known commanders Sepp Dietrich and Kurt Meyer of the
12th SS serving as policemen prior to joining the military.
The
organization of the Feldgendarmerie began at the German High Command
O.K.H (Oberkommando Des Heeres). Within the German Army of the Third
Reich, the "Feldgendarmerie" (also known as "Kettenhunde" or "Chain
Dogs") was a military organization that had received full infantry
training and yet had extensive police powers. These military police
units were employed with army divisions and higher formations.
"Feldgendarmerie" establishments provided various different detachments
which were self-contained units under the command of an army division.
They worked in close cooperation with the Secret Field Police ("Geheime
Feldpolizei") and with district commanders and town majors.
In
Potsdam there was a military police school set up for the purpose of
training military police and the subjects taught in these schools were
as follows: Criminal code, general and special police powers, forestry,
fishery and waterway codes, traffic codes, industrial codes, reporting
duties, passport and identification duties, folk culture, first aid,
weapons drill and instruction, shooting, defense techniques, criminal
police methodology, identification service and general correspondence
training. As well as all this there were also lessons in air defense,
animal protection and typewriter and stenography courses.
At the
war's end many Feldgendarmerie, specifically those who had not fallen
into Soviet hands, found themselves assigned to police roles by the
Allies. This happened on a few occasions and an officer of the 101st
Airborne Division recalls assigning Feldgendarmerie to guard German
officers who had been ordered to take charge of German prisoners of
war. Another account goes one further and recalls the British 8th Corps
based in Schleswig-Holstein forming an entire regiment of
Feldgendarmerie to maintain discipline and order in the Demobilisation
Centre at Meldorf. Four battalions and a regimental staff battalion,
this Feldgendarmerie-Regiement Krps contained all volunteers, some of
whom were ex-police personnel. They wore an armband as identification
which bore the legend "Wehrmactordnungstruppe" (Armed Forces Order
Troop) and below this read "Military Police". They were all armed and
payment for their services came in the form of increased rations.
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