| 1st Cossack Cavalry Division | |
|---|---|
| German: 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division | |
 Divisional insignia | |
| Active | 1943–45 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch |  Wehrmacht
 Waffen-SS |
| Type | Cavalry |
| Role | Bandenbekämpfung Maneuver warfare Raiding |
| Size | 25,000 troops |
| Part of | XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Helmuth von Pannwitz |
| Insignia | |
| Identification symbol |  |
The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (German: 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division) was a Cossack division of the German Army that served during World War II. It was created on the Eastern Front mostly with Don Cossacks already serving in the Wehrmacht, those who escaped from the advancing Red Army and Soviet POWs. In 1944, the division was transferred to the Waffen SS, becoming part of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps, established in February 1945. At the end of the war, the unit ceased to exist.
It was one of two cossack cavalry divisions, the other being the 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division.[1]: 189
- ^ Tessin, Georg (1977). Die Waffengattungen - Gesamtübersicht. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 1. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3764810971.