Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive on the inside front and

on the inside front and back covers

1939 allowed Sieben to wear the Wound badge in Black for a wound suffered in March of 1937

German Red Cross Decoration Type II (1934-1937) - Third Class Breast cross

Eight months later he was admitted to a Field Ambulance "sick"

he stated that "In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive on the inside front and(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 74 mm (w) x 43. 89 mm (h),