Hi folks, recently started collecting shells and other items purely by accident starting with the following item that was handed to me a few months ago that i would like some answers too.
My grandad caught someone throwing this shell into the rubbish tip and managed to save it, its a very large brass shell standing at roughly 4ft, the size is stamped on the bottom as auxE 17cm 95, there is also a stamp of the Nazi eagle and swastika, the roman numeral 1 and the number 42, there is also a small plaque mounted to the side of the shell which reads, German 7, Calais-Dover, 1944 (i will try to get pictures uploaded asap for ease of identification).
Could anyone help me in trying to identify what she was fired from and the significance of the plaque possibly.
Cheers
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