Editing Mace (bludgeon) (section)

===Modern history===

[[File:World War One trench raiding club.JPG|thumb|World War I trench raiding club]]
[[Trench raiding club]]s used during [[World War I]] were modern variations on the medieval mace. They were homemade mêlée weapons used by both the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] and the [[Central Powers]]. [[Club (weapon)|Clubs]] were used during night time [[trench raiding]] expeditions as a quiet and effective way of killing or wounding enemy soldiers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clubs and Blades - Trench Club |url=https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/objects-and-photos/weapons-and-ammunition/clubs-and-blades/trench-club/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Canadian War Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Morning star' trench club, 1915 |url=https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1983-04-102-1 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=National Army Museum, London}}</ref>

Makeshift maces were also found in the possession of some [[Football hooliganism|football hooligans]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mace of Evil|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=27 March 1986|page=1}}</ref>

In [[2020 China–India skirmishes]] personnel of [[People's Liberation Army Ground Force]] were seen using makeshift maces (batons wrapped in barbed wire and clubs embedded with nails).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Biswas|first=Soutik|date=16 June 2020|title=An extraordinary escalation 'using rocks and clubs'|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53071913|access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Sanchari|date=17 June 2020|title=Two nuclear-armed states with chequered past clash: How foreign media reacted to India-China faceoff|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/how-foreign-media-reacted-on-india-china-faceoff-in-ladakh-1689818-2020-06-17|access-date=21 June 2020|website=India Today}}</ref>

Some units of the [[People's Police of China]] carry two-handed maces. Reportedly these are used for disabling errant martial artists.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Loh |first1=Matthew |title=A police officer brought an 'electro-sword' to stand guard outside an exam center as Chinese students took the tests of their lives |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/police-officer-brings-electro-sword-guard-exam-center-china-2023-6 |access-date=17 March 2025 |work=Business Insider |date=8 June 2023}}</ref>