General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt. M. G. Bax. S.G.) toned, extremely fine

M. G. Bax, battalion intelligence officer, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, was killed in action in Malaya on 11 June 1950, in a road ambush, Kanching Pass, Selangor. He was accompanied at the time by 2nd Lieutenant M. J. Morrice, who was also killed. Captain Bax’s body was returned to the U.K. for burial.