Mace Definition: n. A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg. A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor. A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.
An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority. A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple. A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand. There are only two maces in the post: Picture 1 and Picture 3. The others on chains are flails: Picture 3 and Picture 4 are of a mace and a flail with the spiked balls called morgensterns or morningstars.
Unfortunately, I don't know where you could get any of them; I just pulled them out of an image search as good examples. A "holy water sprinkler" can also refer to a type of mace, because of its resemblance to the "aspergillium" used in Catholic holy rites.
The German "morgenstern" literally, morningstar and English "holy water sprinkler" are both of this type. Some specimens are seven feet long or more.
Here's an interesting fact, many historians now believe that the flail as a weapon actually didn't exist. It wasn't very practical as a weapon, a "medieval nunchuck" I call it since it was dangerous to the user as it was the enemy and it was thought it was more of a ceremonial weapon than anything.
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