Provost (military police) or "field hunter") has a long tradition and dates back to the mid-17th century. As the current German constitution explicitly forbids the employment of troops on German territory (except for technical assistance as part of disaster relief), Feldjäger jurisdiction applies only to military facilities and military personnel. Their motto is "Suum Cuique" ("To each his own", derived from Cicero, "De Finibus, Bonorum et Malorum", "liber V", 67: ""(...) ut fortitudo in laboribus periculisque cernatur, (...), iustitia in" suo cuique "tribuendo.""), the motto of the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle. During World War II, Nazi Germany had numerous military police
King in Prussia states acted largely as the rulers of sovereign states, and only acknowledged the emperor's suzerainty in a formal way. Hence, even though Brandenburg was still legally part of the empire and ruled in personal union with Prussia, it soon came to be treated as a "de facto" part of Prussia. On 17 January 1701, Frederick dedicated the royal coat of arms, the Prussian black eagle with the motto "suum cuique" imprinted. On 18 January, he crowned himself and his wife Sophie Charlotte in a baroque ceremony in Königsberg Castle. Even so, Frederick's move was controversial, and only became widely accepted