 Degelow scored once more, on 4 November, just before the end of his and Germany's war.Thus credited with 30 confirmed victories and four unconfirmed, he was the last German pilot and final German serviceman to be awarded the Blue Max, on 9 November 1918, the day the Kaiser abdicated, and two days before the end of the war.The abdication ended Imperial decrees and orders such as awards for the "Blue Max".