Vintage Irish Defence Force 4th Garrison Military Police Company Unit Patch Badge

4th MP Southern Ireland IDF patch, some moth to green area in shield otherwise GC.



The Military Police Corps (MP) (Irish: Cór Póiliní an Airm, PA) is the corps of the Irish Defence Forces responsible for the provision of policing service personnel and providing a military police presence to forces while on exercise and deployment. Its tasks increase during wartime to include traffic control organisation and POW and refugee control. The Military Police are distinguished from other units by their wearing of a red beret.

The Military Police enjoy a close working relationship with the Garda Síochána at both national and local levels, with the Gardaí providing training in criminal investigation to the corps. The MPC was first established in 1922 during the Irish Civil War when they took over military police duties from British troops before the corps was fully established in 1923

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