GERMAN WEHRMACHT HEER UNTEROFFIZIER SHOULDER BOARDS FOR MILITARY FIELD POLICE

WW2 German shoulder boards for Unteroffizier rank.  Made of field grey wool and aluminum-silver tresse.  Has orange piping for Military Field Police (Feldgendarmerie). 

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In 1933 when Hitler came into power he reintroduced into the Wehrmacht the Feldgendarmerie or Military Field Police.  A military police school was setup to train and give these new police units full infantry training.  This included learning criminal code, self0defence, criminal methodology, identification laws, weapons drills, etc.

This course lasted a year and had a very high failure rate.  Once graduated the Feldgendarmerie worked within the army division in a self-contained unit of their own.  They worked closely with the Geheime Feldpolizei (or Secret Field Police) commanders and SS Police Leaders.