Name this WW2 Gun ...

Originally posted by Infanteer90
Wow, that's fantastic Karmen. Great research. I never would have thought that there would be a photo on the net. There was another gun very similar (the same?) to the right of the photo on the other side of the sidewalk. I don't go to Wetaskiwin very often anymore but will try to remember to take a photo next time.

Steve

Well Steve, THANK YOU! You sent me a photo of a gun and explained EXACTLY where to look ... and I detoured round the front of the Legion on my way home from docs again, brushed the snow off the "breach" area ... and voila!!!

THIS is what I saw engraved on it:

Nr 19241 M457 D (not sure if it is a "D" but looks like it)
G.8,7008 BV ....... (I hope I read those numbers correctly?)
1917
UNION

Does this tell someone what this gun and it's origins are?

Karmen