Original French WWI Fusil-Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 CSRG Chauchat Display LMG with Magazine - Matching Serial No. 148169 Antique Long Guns as there are two sets

as there are two sets of holes

Government starts issuing two tags for each soldier

functional brass zipper

The preparation for Operation OVERLORD included an intense aerial bombing campaign on Normandy and the rest of northern France

and the brass borders between the panels still show original silver plating

Original French WWI Fusil-Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 CSRG Chauchat Display LMG with Magazine - Matching Serial No. 148169 Antique Long Guns as there are two setsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a recent military auction, this is an incredible Inert Fusil Mitrailleur Modle 1915 CSRG Chauchat Display Gun, with matching serial number 148169. It was built from all original parts on an original BATF compliant non firing display receiver, making this a 100% legal inert machine gun. This receiver was created by using portions of the original torch cut receiver, including the barrel bushing,