Both <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Boelcke" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oswald Boelcke">Oswald Boelcke</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Immelmann" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Max Immelmann">Max Immelmann</a>, for achieving eight aerial victories each over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War I">Allied</a> aircraft, receive the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>'s highest military award, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_Mérite" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a> as the first German aviators to earn it.