Original German WW2 Badge Cross for Russian Volunteers DON Cossacks The badge is handmade and made from aluminum. Very interesting detail: prototype of this Trench Art cross was a Badge of the 17th Don Cossack Regiment of General Baklanov look at the screenshot from catalogue written by V. Kempf. It is mean what volunteer in German Army earlier had relative to Russian 17th Don Cossack Regiment of General Baklanov. Estimate price: $150 - $200. You can make me an offer. WIKIPEDIA: During World War II, the Don Cossacks mustered the largest single concentration of Cossacks within the German Army, the XVth SS Cossack Cavalry Corps. A great part of the Cossacks were former Russian citizens who elected to fight not so much for Germany as against the Soviet Union. The XVth SS Cossack Cavalry Corps included the 1st Cossack Division and the 2nd Cossack Division.
