What's this 1917 shell casing, more exactly?

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What you have is a casing from a 77mm German field artillery piece, possibly like this: Some of the stamps:

St: Strengthened case
HL: Haniel Luege Düsseldorf (brass factory)
25: Inspection Mark

not sure yet on the G(may indicate maker Geschossfabrik), and 36 may be lot number. März 1917, of course, would be the date.

some sites to look:

Large calibre markings on cartridge cases
Great War Forum-German Shell Case Markings

justCal 38557

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Just adding a little detail, it is MÄRZ 1917 (A with umlaut), the two dots over the A are a part of the text and not an accident.

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