Jousting armor

Things to do in England: we're taking a day out to explore the battlefield of Bosworth, where the English crown changed hands.

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The Sun in Splendour... Edward IV, the ultimate warrior king, resplendent in his superb armour, marshalls his troops at Tewkesbury in 1471. His victory secured Yorkist supremacy for the rest of his reign.

Marking: Stamped on the outer face of the bevor (face and neck defense), breastplate, and backplate: the Augsburg fir cone; on in the inner face of the nape of the helmet bowl, bevor, breastplate, backplate, tilt targe (left shoulder reinforce), right pauldron (shoulder defense), right arm, right gauntlet, and both greaves (lower leg defenses): the letter A with a pearled border; on the outer face near the nape: a punch mark (used to correctly match bolts to appropriate screw holes, and to…

Germany, 19th century in the style of armours made in Nuremberg ~1480-90. The Stechzeug was a form of joust with blunted lances.

Paris. Musée Historique du Costume. "Union Centrale des Beaux-Arts Appliqués a l'Industrie, Quatrième Exposition," 1874.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Loan Exhibition of European Arms and Armor," August 3–September 27, 1931, no