Belgisch Congo: F.P. = Force Publique
The Force Publique "Public Force" was a gendarmerie and military force in the belgian colony, from 1885 (when the territory was known as the Congo Free State), through the period of Belgian Congo rule.The Force Publique was initially conceived in 1885 when King Leopold II of the Belgians, who held the Congo Free State as his private property, ordered his Secretary of the Interior to create military and police forces for the State.
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