Feldjäger Feldjäger The Feldjäger is the name given to the military police of the "Bundeswehr", Germany's armed forces. Their emblem is the historic Order of the Black Eagle which has as its motto "Suum Cuique" (Latin meaning "To each his own," a phrase derived from Cicero). The term "Feldjäger", literally meaning field huntsmen or field Jäger, has a long tradition and dates back to the mid-17th century. The first modern "Feldjäger" unit was activated on 6 October 1955 when the bill creating the "Bundeswehr" was signed. The new law called for a military police training company to be established at the
Latin influence in English already existed, and this caused enrichment of the Old English vocabulary: "culcer" and "læfel" "spoon" from Latin "coclearium" and "labellum" beside Old English "spōn" and "hlædel" (Modern English "ladle"); Old English "forca" from Latin "furca" "fork" next to Old English "gafol"; Old English "scamol" "chair, stool" from Latin "scamellum" beside native "stōl", "benc" and "setl". All told, approximately 600 words were borrowed from Latin during the Old English period. Often, the Latin word was severely restricted in sense, and was not widespread in use among the general populace. Latin words tended to be literary or scholarly terms and were not