Blue Max

noun

The Pour le Mérite military honour.

Meanings

nounBlue Max (plural Blue Maxes)

plural Blue Maxes

  1. informalThe Pour le Mérite military honour.

Origin

Named after WW1 ace Max Immelmann, the first German pilot to receive the award.

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