MEXICO 1999 HOME GARCIS PROTOTYPE "LA PROHIBIDA"

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PROTOTYPE OF THE  INFAMOUS RARE FORBIDDEN JERSEY

THE FORBIDDEN JERSEY🇲🇽 🚫

IN THE LATE 90s MEXICO NEEDED A JERSEY FOR THEIR UPCOMING CONFEDERATION CUP WHERE THEY EVENTUALLY ENDED UP BEATING BRAZIL 4-3.

BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTED THEY HAD COME UP WITH SOME PROTOTYPES (WHICH IS WHAT IS POSTED HERE)

AFTER THE FINAL PRODUCT WAS MADE, THE OFFICIAL JERSEY INCLUDED A SMALLER MEXICO LETTERING UNDER THE GARCIS AND MEXICO BADGE, ASWELL AS A DARK SHADOW CIRCLE COVERING THE NATIONAL BADGE, COMPARED TO THIS PROTOTYPE WHICH IS MORE OF A SQUARE SHAPE.

NOW WHY WAS IT BANNED FROM BEING USED? UNDER MEXICAN LAW, IT WAS FORBIDDEN TO SELL THE NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS “ THE NATIONAL LOGO” AS IT IS SHOWN LARGELY ON THE FRONT. AFTER IT WAS RECALLED, THE DESIGN OF THE JERSEY WAS LATER CHANGED AND THIS WAS KNOW AS “ LA PROHIBIDA”

WHAT I HAVE HERE IS A PROTOTYPE OF THE FORBIDDEN JERSEY, A SAMPLE.

WHICH MAKES THIS EVEN MORE RARE WITH WHAT HISTORY THIS JERSEY HAS!