That gun has been built in 1913 (carriage) and 1917 (breech). The tube is probably a wartime replacement.
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That gun have been captured to German armies by France on the Marne. It used to be exposed near the War Deads Memorial of a Charentes village.
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When a highway had to be enlarged, the Memorial had to be displaced, and the gun was to be scrapped... But the scrapyard owner sold the gun, that was afterwards bought by Mr Siegel. This latter completed the refurbishing begun by the previous owner, and realized his dream !
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