History

On 12th April 1950 - after a financial support action by the people of the town of Apeldoorn - the then Mayor of Apeldoorn offered a complete set of musical instruments and thus the Drum Corps of the Royal Dutch Military Police (Marechaussee) was founded.

The instrumentation consists of parade drums, tenor drums, a bass drum and bugles in E-flat, together with bass bugles, in E-flat as well.The then garrison town Apeldoorn now has its own "military band".
During the coming years the Drum Corps developed into a fanfare corps and thus the Band of the Royal Dutch Military Police came into operation.

However, in September 2006 and as an initiative of a former percussionist of the Band and with the authorisation of the Commander of the Military Police, the Historical Drum Corps of the Marechaussee was founded and the nostalgic sound of the first drum corps came into life again. In this way the Military Police proves its appreciation of great musical and historical values.