Despite the surrender of all German forces in May 1945, some "Feldgendarmerie" and "Feldjägerkorps" units in the western zones of occupied Germany were allowed to keep their weapons by the Allies because of the number of POWs that required guarding and processing. For example, the British VIII Corps based in Schleswig-Holstein used an entire regiment of volunteers from the "Feldgendarmerie" to maintain discipline at its demobilisation center at Meldorf. Re-activated military police, who received extra rations as pay, were identified by an armband stating "Wehrmachtordnungstruppe" (Armed Forces Order Troop). In June 1946, more than 12 months after the official end of World War II, the "Feldgendarmerie" became the last German units to surrender their arms.