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
Wenger an assortment of items from the Wenger line-up will remain in production under the Victorinox brand name. Wenger's U.S. headquarters will be merged with Victorinox's location in Monroe, Connecticut. Wenger's watch and licensing business will continue as a separate brand. On March, 2016, during the Baselworld 2016 expo, Victorinox relaunches Wenger as a brand with Swiss values at a reasonable price. After this event, Wenger started using the slogan "A Swiss Company Since 1893" leaving behind the previous slogan "Maker of the genuine Swiss Army Knife" which was used for decades. In 2017, Victorinox released a Swiss Army Knife model