9cm Gr.

[JulienCD68]

Hello,
Any ideas for marking this 9cm gr. shell?

Thank you.

 

[Alpini]

It's not unusual. I thought I read somewhere about it but don't find it again. It probably means Geschützgießerei Spandau. The 17 may be the number of the bullet mould.

 

[JulienCD68]

Thanks.
Discovered in Montpellier during construction work.

 

[Alpini]

That's really far away from the battlefields of 1870-71 war!