Kholm Pocket the third one was successful, with the German forces in the pocket reduced in number to 1,200 by then. In July 1942, the Cholm Shield was awarded to the German defenders of the pocket, upon the suggestion of Generalmajor Theodor Scherer, similar to the Demyansk Shield. Scherer was personally awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves by Adolf Hitler for the command of the defense of Kholm. Kholm was eventually liberated by the Red Army on 21 February 1944. Members of the Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 65, a police unit from Gelsenkirchen, were questioned after the war by the
Swiss Army knife as the "Genuine Swiss Army Knife" and Victorinox used the slogan, the "Original Swiss Army Knife". In 1921, as the company started using stainless steel, Elsener's son, Carl Elsener, renamed the company to "Victorinox", incorporating the abbreviation "inox" for "acier inoxydable", the French term for stainless steel. During 1961–2005, the pocket knives issued by the Swiss military were produced exclusively by Victorinox and Wenger. On 26 April 2005, Victorinox acquired Wenger, once again becoming the sole supplier of knives to the Military of Switzerland. Victorinox at first kept the Wenger brand intact, but on 30 January 2013, the company announced