Original French WWI Fusil-Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 CSRG Chauchat Anti-Aircraft “Spider Web” Rear Sight GWOT Original size label still on

Original size label still on interior is 7 1/8

so we can still see the unopened wax sealed inner box

equipped with a rare bakelite housed point detonating fuse

There is however some lifting of the faux leather on the rear

a legendary maker of optics

Original French WWI Fusil-Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 CSRG Chauchat Anti-Aircraft “Spider Web” Rear Sight GWOT Original size label still onOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Chauchat, named after its main contributor Colonel Louis Chauchat, was the standard machine rifle or light machine gun of the French Army during World War I (1914 18). Its official designation was "Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG" (in English: "Machine Rifle Model 1915 CSRG"). It was mass manufactured during World War I by two reconverted civilian plants: "Gladiator" and "Sidarme". The term CSRG is made up of