Extremely rare Waffen-SS Field Gendarmerie camouflage jacket in fall "pea dot" camouflage pattern, 23" tall, button-on shoulderboards with appropriate orange piping and grey pebbled buttons, the cotton jacket six similar buttons attached to the garment with metal eyes. Four pockets with straight flaps are evident, two on each side, all unlined. A Feldgendarmerie patch, original to the garment, is sewn to the left sleeve, and both sleeves bear button closures. At one time, the jacket may have had a button-in lining, as three plastic buttons appear at the inside neckline. Within, the jacket is unlined, but suspender hooks, an interior pocket, and triple ventilation holes are all present. A single ventilation slit is present at rear. In near unissued condition. SS-Feldgendarmerie controlled rear areas but also conducted counter-insurgency and extermination operations with einsatzgruppen against Jews, partisans and those deemed to be "enemies of the Reich". These SS units had a severe reputation for being strict enforcers of military law. Nicknamed Kopf Jäger ("Head Hunters"), they also tracked down and punished those deemed to be deserters.