Jousting Armor (Rennzeug), ca. 1580–90, Dresden or Annaberg, German, probably Dresden or Annaberg, Steel, copper alloy, leather, Wt. 91 lb. 6 oz. (41.45 kg), Armor for Man, This armor was intended for use in the Scharfrennen, a joust fought in an open field by two contestants mounted on horses and armed with relatively sharp lances. The sport remained popular at the court of the prince-electors of Saxony long after it had gone out of fashion elsewhere in Europe.
Jousting Armor (Rennzeug), ca. 1580–90, Dresden or Annaberg, German, probably Dresden or Annaberg, Steel, copper alloy, leather, Wt. 91 lb. 6 oz. (41.45 kg), Armor for Man, This armor was intended for use in the Scharfrennen, a joust fought in an open field by two contestants mounted on horses and armed with relatively sharp lances. The sport remained popular at the court of the prince-electors of Saxony long after it had gone out of fashion elsewhere in Europe