Washington 50th Anniversary Cherry Blossom Jerseys (to be auctioned)

[jetsforever]

Pretty sharp logo

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[GMR]

The blue eagle jersey from the late 90's is their best.

This looks even more blue. Great jersey, though I'm not sure why the flowers.

 

[Oilslick941611]

The blue eagle jersey from the late 90's is their best.

This looks even more blue. Great jersey, though I'm not sure why the flowers.

It’s just a practice jersey with new logo.


Many teams do these type of things and auction them via nhl auctions for some benefit of charities. Before the nhl cowardly got rid of theme nights teams would wear these for warmup and auction them off, usually signed as warm up worn with appropriate certificates of authenticity.

Now they just sell them and they usually the import type practice jerseys and not the actual made in Canada pro weight jerseys, for most it doesn’t matter, but for jersey collectors the loss of warm up jerseys is a blow to the hobby.

 

[Rich Nixon]

The blue eagle jersey from the late 90's is their best.

This looks even more blue. Great jersey, though I'm not sure why the flowers.

They're cherry blossoms. DC is known for cherry trees. There are a lot of them. They are quite pretty. Japan gifted a large number of them to the US capital in the early 20th century. Some tie-in to the myth about the guy who the city is named for and an axe, perhaps. The Nationals' "City Connect" jerseys also prominently features cherry blossoms.

 

[BKarchitect]

That color scheme is gorgeous (the brighter blue really pops with the copper) and I’ll always be fond of the Screaming Eagle logo. The blossoms are cool for a one-off. Though I think the Nats do the cherry blossoms the best.

Would love to see a full game jersey version (minus the blossoms) as a Retro Reverse jersey

 

[ViD]

I wish they played some games in them

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Those look spiffy (minus the blossoms)

 

[1989]

Pretty sick for a one-off.
Too bad it's got that Fanatics taint.

 

[Super Hans]

Just like my anime...

 

[BB79]

Guess I'm the only one who isn't a fan. I prefer their 87-95 jerseys, I was disappointed when they changed colors/logo for 95-96. Things were hideous.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

They're cherry blossoms. DC is known for cherry trees. There are a lot of them. They are quite pretty. Japan gifted a large number of them to the US capital in the early 20th century. Some tie-in to the myth about the guy who the city is named for and an axe, perhaps. The Nationals' "City Connect" jerseys also prominently features cherry blossoms.

 

[CascadiaPuck]

Those are very, very nice.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

The idea is great, somehow to me they don't quite capture the absolute majesty of DC's Cherry Blossoms. I like them, its just... the actual trees are incredible.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

The blue eagle jersey from the late 90's is their best.

This looks even more blue. Great jersey, though I'm not sure why the flowers.

If you haven’t been to DC, coming when the Cherry Blossoms bloom (end of March/early April) is a pretty good time to visit. 3,000 of these trees were gifted by Japan in 1912 as a sign of friendship and planted on the north side of the Tidal Basin.

The Nationals and Wizards have released special edition Cherry Blossom jerseys in the past.

 

[Fatass]

Celebration of spring jersey. Pittsburgh and Philly could fight over Punxsutawney Phil.