Career
This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World World War World War II Ludwig Köchle was born on the 28 February 1921 in Nofels, Austria. He volunteered to join the Steamship in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the Sudetenland. His award of the Knight"s Cross was on the 28 February 1942, when an Oberscharführer, in the 1st Company, 1st Steamship Infantry Regiment, SSTotenkopf.
Which was part of Army Group North on the Eastern Front.
Köchle was killed in action on the 9 June 1942 near Polizo southwest of Lake Ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell. Bibliography.
