Need infor from a unit mark

Dwight Gruber · 06-27-2007, 12:53 PM

Ron,

I've been exploring this topic recently, and this is what I have come to understand.

The German police forces were based on the French "Gendarmarie" system, hence the 'foreign' word. The rural constabulary which you mention--the landes gendarmerie, if you will--became the LandjÃ?Â¤gerei after the Treaty of Versaillles and the IMKK.

The Feldgendarmerie was the gendarmerie within the Army organization. I don't know if their duties were directly analogous to those we understand of the MP.

As a barracked, paramilitary force, the civil gendarmerie was at times conscripted into the Army to serve as Feldgendarmerie. This was in the Imperial era before WWI.

And if anyone can focus the discussion even further I'd appreciate knowing.

--Dwight

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06-27-2007, 12:53 PM	#13
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Ron, I've been exploring this topic recently, and this is what I have come to understand. The German police forces were based on the French "Gendarmarie" system, hence the 'foreign' word. The rural constabulary which you mention--the landes gendarmerie, if you will--became the LandjÃ?Â¤gerei after the Treaty of Versaillles and the IMKK. The Feldgendarmerie was the gendarmerie within the Army organization. I don't know if their duties were directly analogous to those we understand of the MP. As a barracked, paramilitary force, the civil gendarmerie was at times conscripted into the Army to serve as Feldgendarmerie. This was in the Imperial era before WWI. And if anyone can focus the discussion even further I'd appreciate knowing. --Dwight