Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Jakob Rausch Hold Berdan chose the Sharps rifle

Berdan chose the Sharps rifle mainly because of its fast breech loading and outstanding accuracy from long-range distances

wear on the bottom

Two ribbon bars

slight scuffing and tears

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Jakob Rausch Hold Berdan chose the Sharps rifle(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 46. 14 mm (W) x 66. 82 mm (h), weighing 39. 2