Identification document of a soldier named Boro Lazgare, who served in the Nazi unit Kosaken-Division – the First Cossack Division, composed of Russian collaborators with Nazi Germany. Stamped June 30, 1943. Extremely rare.
Above the Nazi eagle and swastika appears the Cossack emblem – crossed sabers, a vertical sword, and oak branches (a traditional Russian-Cossack symbol). The document includes his personal details: Service number: 411145, Blood type: B, as well as stamps of the Waffen-SS / Kosaken-Division, and a passport photo of the soldier wearing traditional Cossack military uniform, including a tall fur hat (papakha) and a Cossack military insignia.
The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division) was a unit of Cossack volunteers who collaborated with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union. Many of them were anti-communist refugees who chose to fight alongside the Nazis in the hope of overthrowing Stalin’s regime. The division was officially formed in 1943, operated mainly on the Eastern Front and in Yugoslavia, and is considered one of the largest foreign units to serve under German command. Members of the division were responsible for numerous war crimes in Serbia. Identification documents of Cossacks who served in the armies of Nazi Germany are extremely rare, as many of them destroyed all materials linking them to anti-Soviet collaboration to avoid being charged with war crimes. At the end of the war, the division’s soldiers were handed over to the Soviet Union, which viewed them as traitors and sentenced them to execution or forced labor.
Cardboard and cloth cover. Staining. Good condition.
