1940s
Gold cord
Gift of Kathryn, James and Matthew Clifford (Daughter and Grandsons of Cecil Dodd (Jim))
2019-00659-001
Collection of the National Museum of Singapore

70 percent of the Singapore war crimes trials covered cases that took place in other parts of Asia. This aiguillette belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Kaizo Saito, who was one of the 16 Japanese officers tried in 1946 for maltreatment and torture of civilians on Car Nicobar island. He was later found not guilty.