An Original Hoffmann Postcard Of Josef "Sepp" Dietrich Hold with embroidered oakleaf wreath and

with embroidered oakleaf wreath and two sea gulls

and worked as a farm hand in his civilian life

with cipher affixed by 3 prongs

maker marked "Erbe"

8th (90th Regiment) Battalion

An Original Hoffmann Postcard Of Josef "Sepp" Dietrich Hold with embroidered oakleaf wreath andJosef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 21 April 1966) was an Oberst Gruppenfhrer in the Waffen SS, the armed paramilitary branch of the Schutzstaffel (SS), who commanded units up to army level during World War II. Prior to 1929, he was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard but received rapid promotion after his participation in the extrajudicial executions of political opponents during the 1934 purge known as the Night of the Long Knives. He later