Bronze mace

This type of bronze mace was used from the Early Middle Ages across most of Europe. In Western Europe it was gradually replaced, from the 13th century, by a similar steel model, then by what would become the flanged mace.

The head of this mace is in raw cast bronze and weighs between 300 and 400 g, which can give it an impact pressure of several tonnes per cm² when wielded by a horseman.

The haft can be ash or beech; it can be plain or worked, with or without a wrist strap.

Foot soldiers’ maces have a longer haft (70 to 80 cm) than horsemen’s maces (50 to 60 cm). Among the Byzantines, these maces could also be mounted as polearms (200 cm).

For use in re-enactment, a mace with a “banded” mounting (metal reinforcements locking the head) is essential, to avoid any risk of the head coming loose during use.

The head can be sold on its own.