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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 413

The Japanese Katana sword presented by Major-General Sato Tamenori to Brigadier J. A. Salomons, Indian Army, upon the surrender of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at Port Blair in October 1945

Standard-issue Japanese Army Katana, with its original scabbard and sword knot, signs of wear and use overall, very fine

Sato Tamenori was born in 1893 and was commander of the 73rd Regiment on the outbreak of the Second World War. Having been promoted Major-General in 1943, he assumed command of the 37th Independent Mixed Brigade in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on its creation in February 1944. Tamenori personally ordered the execution of some 152 islanders who had attempted to leave the islands by boat in August 1945. He was tried at Singapore and hanged for his crimes on 3 May 1946; sold together with a silver plaque with chain stating:

'Maj. Gen. Tamenori Sato's Sword (Comd. Jap Forces in Andamans) Surrendered to Brigadier J. A. Salomons at Port Blair 9th October 1945'

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Sold for
£5,800

Starting price
£420