How was Max von Laue awarded the Nobel Prize?

Name: Max von Laue. 
Country: German Empire.
Date of Birth: 9 October 1879.
Died: 24 April 1960.
The subject of Study: Laue diffraction X-ray, Diffraction crystal.
Noble Prize Year: Nobel Prize for Physics in 1914 for their research on the the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.