Swiss spiked wooden mace , morgenstern , how old ???
Hello dear members,
I collect this long wooden stick- mace in central Switzerland .
Seems authentic not a late repro.
Pretty huge model
The shaft has been carved on a long stock, squared shape ( not 6 or 8 as I saw ) and a long forged spike , on the four sides, one lateral spike is missing and there are worm holes in ( to treat...) especially at the basis so I guess the shaft was longer before...
It seems pretty old, but how can we date it ?
I read that this kind of Morgenstern were peasant swiss weapons starting in 1600 and ending in circa 1900.
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