leon21 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The Feldjager Korps was a military police organization of the Wehrmacht, it was formed on 27th November 1943 from distinguished veterans and patrol personnel which reported to Field Marshal Keitel and was senior to all other military police organizations. Feldjager Korps 1 was formed in Konigsberg. Feldjager Korps 2 was formed in Breslau. Both saw action on the Eastern Front. Feldjager Korps 3 was formed in Vienna. and saw action on the Western Front. They operated parallel to the front lines approximately 12 to 15 miles behind it, their basic duties were to. Maintain order and discipline. Prevent panic retreats. Gather stragglers and assemble them at collection points were they could be assembled into ad hoc units. Check soldiers travel and/or leave permits at embarkation points. Round up deserters and either return them to their units, or hand them over to the Feldgendarmerie or Geheime Feld Police or issue punishment themselves including some summary executions even against the Waffen SS soldiers. Gather prisoners of war and hand them over to the appropriate authorities. They could also be employed in the same capacity as the Feldgendarmerie. The FeldJager wore a normal German army infantryman's uniform with white waffenfarbe, the only items which Identified him were the Gorget and red armband worn on the lower left cuff. Bearing bold black lettering reading ( Oberkommando Der Wehrmacht-Feldjager ). Part 2. Although the image of the Feldjager was of a hard, brutal soldier, this was not always true if a soldier was caught by the Feldjager and had a good reason and necessary papers to be there then he was left alone. More was to be feared from groups of deserters or SS Officers who took it upon themselves to police the rear area's, fire fights between these groups and the Feldjager Korps were not uncommon. After the surrender of Germany Feldjager 3 remained armed and used by the US. Army to keep law and order among the German POWs. It wasn't until 1946 that they finally surrendered their arms to the Allies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Are these your items? Interesting collection and information. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 The Gorget is not mine just a image I found to show as a example. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fritz Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 You can't judge all the same, there such and such, all depending who they were. The worst were the "fliegende Standgerichte" from Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner & Co., who had nothing better to do than drive around the front looking for likely deserters, and anyone found in the wrong place at the wrong time without their "Marschbefehl" in their pocket was doomed to summary exekution, which usually followed with "Sie sind festgenommen!" - "Waffen und Koppel ablegen!" - "Nehmen Sie den Mann fest! Abführen!" and "Abteilung halt! - das Gewehr ab! - Entsichern! - Durchladen! - Legt an! - Feuer! - Abteilung - rührt!" "Abteilung - stillgestanden! - Das Gewehr über! - Ab --- treten!" It is estimated that over 40.000 men were summarily executed in the last six months of the war. At the end of the war, Schörner made out and signed his own dismissal, changed into civilian clothing and was flown out in a Fiesler-Storch to safety. He was arrested by US Forces in his villa. He was handed over to the Soviets and remained nine years in captivity and was released in 1955 to the West into civilian life. In the early 1960s he was tried for manslaughter in the case of executed Wehrmacht soldiers, but was acquitted. He died in 1973, the last surviving Generalfeldmarschall. Schörner was a tyrant and a murderer - "Bluthund" and "Der größte Kameradenschinder aller Zeiten." Schörner did not end as a hero, which would have been more befitting. A picture of Ferdinand Schörner in Greece, 1941. More information on Schörner can be found under: http://ww2gravestone.com/people/schorner-ferdinand/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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