Overall length of the wooden haft, reinforced with side straps only over the first 50 cm, 252.5 cm, diameter of the spiked ball, including the ring for the chain, 20 cm, weight of the ball ca. 12 kg (!).
Especially the form and largeness of the spiked ball indicates a relatively late date which can by no means have been contemporary with any actual use in combat. The tentative dating "15th-16th century" given by the Landszeughaus Graz can be ruled out solidly by an open minded comparison of the weight of the huge ball (ca. 12 kg!) and the strikingly incongrouos, long and delicate wooden staff. Reinforced or not, the latter would have cracked immediately below the straps.
Serious historic argumentation can only lead to the conclusion that this, at best, has to be counted among those typical 19th century Historismus items that, just like the two hand swords of the period, were ridiculously overexaggerated in their dimensions until total impracticability and made for 'romance' wall decoration with a wink of heroism only.
It should be mentioned in the end that this object, impressive and bewildering as it may be, was acquired by the Landeszeughus Graz in 1940.
Michael, still grinning ...