Rare melee weapon of WWI

[zuluwar2006]

hello

can anyone identify what is this???
regards

D.

[thetrenchrat22]

Never seen anything like that before, why do think it’s from WW1 

 

what are the measurements, as it looks to long for a Trench Club 

[wainfleet]

10 hours ago, thetrenchrat22 said:

Never seen anything like that before, why do think it’s from WW1 

 

what are the measurements, as it looks to long for a Trench Club 

 

+1, no use at all in a confined space. If it actually is a weapon it looks more suited for use on horseback which would make it a lot older than WW1. But then you would expect to see something a lot more dangerous on the end than just a couple of large pins. My guess is that it was made for some other purpose.

Edited 19 April , 2018 by wainfleet

[ServiceRumDiluted]

My guess would be a scourge flail, it looks very unpleasant but non lethal and possibly finds its use in self flagellation for religious reasons. The sort of thing more popular 5-600 years ago than today. Something, I am happy to say, about which I can't contribute anything more.

 

They are also used, apparently, in the threshing of corn to seperate husk from grain.

Edited 19 April , 2018 by ServiceRumDiluted

[wainfleet]

I thought of a threshing flail but they are normally made of wood with wood batons at the end. An iron or steel one would mean unnecessary weight and effort. I think the scourge flails would have been something like rope or plaited leather but to know for certain you'd have to be a medievalist or have gone to the wrong sort of boarding school.

[zuluwar2006]

hello friends,

actually this is not mine, is sold on an auction and the price is very hight as we speak, is around 250 euros.

the description is the one i copy.

i asked the seller to send measurements, he did not answer at all.

so i do not know.

regarrds. D.