Volume 1 covers Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, the first two aviation recipients of the Pour le Mérite and among the best known and most significant. Volume 1 includes 155 period photographs and 7 color profiles of aircraft flown by Boelcke and Immelmann. $26.95
Volume 2 covers Hans-Joachim Buddecke, Kurt Wintgens, and Max Ritter von Mulzer, the third through fifth aviation recipients of the Pour le Mérite. Buddecke spent much of his career in Turkey and is reasonably well known, but the other two aces have received modest coverage until now. Volume 2 includes 168 period photographs and 10 color profiles of aircraft flown by these aces. $26.95
Volume 3 covers Otto Parschau, Walter Höhndorf, Ernst von Althaus, and Wilhelm Frankl, the sixth through ninth aviation recipients of the Pour le Mérite. Volume 3 includes 165 period photographs and 14 color profiles of aircraft flown by these aces in its 118 pages. $29.99
Volume 4 covers Rudolf Berthold, Gustav Leffers, Albert Dossenbach, and Hans Berr, the tenth through thirteenth aviation recipients of the Pour le Mérite. Volume 4 includes 140 photographs, 6 of them in color, and 14 color profiles of aircraft flown by these aces in its 112 pages. $29.99
Volume 5 covers Manfred von Richthofen, the famous Red Baron, the highest scoring and most famous ace of the Great War and one of the earliest recipients of the Pour le Mérite. This volume includes 130 period photographs, 13 color photos and illustrations, and 30 color profiles of aircraft flown by Manfred von Richthofen in its 136 pages. $34.99
Volume 6 covers Ernst von Hoeppner, Commanding General of the Luftstreitkräfte, Hermann Thomsen, Chief of Staff of the Luftstreitkräfte, and Werner Voss, one of the most flamboyant aces. Volume 6 includes 137 photographs, 9 of them in color, and 16 color illustrations of aircraft flown by these men in its 108 pages. $29.99
Volume 7 covers three fighter aces, Otto Bernert, Emil Schaefer, and Kurt Wolff. Volume 7 includes 133 photographs, 4 of them in color, and 12 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men in its 118 pages. $29.99
Volume 8 covers two fighter aces, Heinrich Gontermann and Lothar von Richthofen, younger brother of the Red Baron. Volume 8 includes 133 photographs, 3 of them in color, and 9 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men in its 126 pages. $29.99
Volume 9 covers two fighter aces, Carl Allmenröder and Adolf Ritter von Tutschek, bomber commander Ernst Brandenburg, and observer Paul von Pechmann. Volume 9 includes 182 photographs, 7 of them in color, and 11 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men in its 142 pages. $34.99
Volume 10 covers two fighter aces, Eduard Ritter von Dostler and Max Ritter von Müller, bomber commander Rudolf Kleine, and Leader of Airships Peter Strasser. Volume 10 includes 128 photographs, 10 of them in color, and 7 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men in its 114 pages. $29.99
Volume 11 covers three fighter aces, Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, Curt Wüsthoff, and Erwin Böhme. Volume 11 includes 136 photographs, 3 of them in color, and 10 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men in its 122 pages. $29.99
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