Description
GREAT BRITAIN 1894 British Aluminium Company 38.08mm aluminum medal 4.82 grams
Obverse: female figure holding a torch aloft in her left hand and industrial objects in background, 1894
Reverse: wreath, THE BRITISH ALUMINIUM COMPANY LIMITED/ 9 VICTORIA ST. LONDON / ALUMINIUM/ AND ALLOYS
Formed in 1894 as British Aluminium Company Ltd; 1895 - first aluminium ingots formed at Foyers, Scotland; 1909 - hydro-electric powered smelter at Kinlochleven, Scotland; 1929 - Lochaber, Scotland; 1958 - taken over by Reynolds Metals and the TI Group; 1982-1996 - bought by Alcan and changed name to British Alcan Aluminium plc
