Heer Feldgendarm in Norway

[Gordon Williamson]

Just picked up a rather interesting set of documents to a Feldgendarm who spent most of his war in Norway.

His Wehrpass shows him as a very young looking 22 year old when he joined the army as a career soldier ( 12 year enlistment) in 1938

[Gordon Williamson]

An Infantry man at first, he served with a Schutzen Regiment during the campaign in the West, being wounded and receiving the Black Wound Badge.

[Gordon Williamson]

From there his Wehrpass shows him joining a military traffic control unit (Verk.Reg.Battl 757). All such traffic control units were subsequently absorbed into the Feldgendarmerie his unit becoming Feldgendarmerie Abt. 757. He transferred to Feldgendarmerie Abt 581, also on the Eastern Front.

This is where it gets interesting, as records show that this unit had 3 Squadrons of Cossacks under its control and so was almost certainly heavily involved in anti-partsan operations. He was only with this unit for a few weeks before transferring back to Feldgendarmerie Abt 757 based in Norway.

[Gordon Williamson]

In Norway, the award of his East Front Medal caught up with him, being issued by Armee Oberkommando Norwegen.

[Gordon Williamson]

He remained in Norway where he ended up with Feldgendarmerie Trupp (mot) 630

[Gordon Williamson]

Like many other Feldgendarmen, his services were retained for a while after the war, and he was still being issued service pay in July 1945

[Gordon Williamson]

Another interesting entry. It states that under regulations laid down by the controlling allies, it is not permitted for any returning German soldiers to possess foreign currency (in case it was "loot" obtained during their period as occupiers) . The second part of the text is blurred and partly obscured by the stamp but I am guessing it is a statement that the 1000 in Norwegian Krone he posses are his genuine personal assets.

[Gordon Williamson]

Sadly, the uniform photo has been removed from his Soldbuch, but I was delighted to find that, tucked into the back of the book were some old original cellulose negatives, one of which shows him, in uniform with his brother ( who was KIA). The Feldgendarmerie sleeve eagle is quite distinct on the original ( unfortunately not too clear here as my scanner is not to good at copying negatives)

[Paul R]

Where do you find this stuff, Gordon? Amazing documentation you have there!

[nesredep]

Hello!

Gordon

Amazing Norway find. :jumping:

All the best

Nesredep

[Simon Orchard]

Very nice. Feldgendarmerie Kp.757 was directly under the Kdr. der Feldgendarmerie of AOK Norwegen and 630 was the feldgendarmerie detachment of the 230 Inf.Div. which, at the end of the war was located to the South of Narvik. The majority of the truppe was located in May '45 at a place called T?mmernes with detachments of a few men each spread around other major locations occupied by the division, such as the divisional HQ at Drag.

[ian jewison]

Where do you find this stuff, Gordon?

Yes, where you get this stuff Gordon

/Ian

[Brian R]

A very interesting group. I bet he was pretty psyched to get transferred back to Feldgendarmerie Abt 757 in Norway.