 Midway through this run, Sachsenberg was awarded Prussia's and Germany's highest decoration, the "Pour le Mérite", on 5 August 1918.The MJF switched from the Albatros to Fokker D.VIIs in June 1918.They were as colorfully and distinctively marked as Manfred von Richthofen's "Flying Circus" ("Jagdgeschwader" I), with the basic color scheme being yellow and black, as a yellow and black checkerboard had been Sachsenberg's personal motif, and it was spread to the entire unit, with minor variations marking the different pilots.