Hey Pandas, What’s Your Most Cherished Family Heirloom? (Closed)

Sometimes it’s not about the monetary value, but the sentiments and memories attached to an item.

#1 My Mom Died When I Was Young. My Dad Turned Her Engagement Ring Into A Necklace For Me. I Cherish This Gift.

#2 Great-Grandfather’s WW1 Medals That Were Framed

Image source: Paul Chiddicks

#3 Not Old, But It Represents Coffee With My Grandfather Who Passed 12 Years Ago

#4 Not Heirloom But When My Grandfather Died, Family Looted His Toolbox. What Was Left Was Way Better. It Was Things He’d Saved To Use Again.

#5 My (Future) Mother, 18, Posing In Front Of Her Parents House In Biskra, Algeria, Sent This Picture To Her Father, Dying Of Cancer In France, With A Leaf Of His Favorite Olive Tree. 75 Years Later, I’ve Still Got The Picture And The Leaf. She Died 7 Years Ago At 86.

#6 My Late Father’s Piano, Repurposed As A Bar

#7 The Only Item I Kept From My Grandmother. They Don’t Make Ladles (And Other Things) Like They Used To.

#8 A Gift My Grandfather Had Made For My Grandmother During Ww2 While He Was Stationed In The South Pacific. Not Sure What Type Of Stone Its Set On. They Met On A Blind Date, Got Married 5 Days Later And 5 Days After That He Was Shipped Off. They Didn’t See Each Other Again For 2 And 1/2 Years. They Were Married For 55 Years. .

#9 A Clock Like This Hung In The Kitchen Of My Grandmother’s House For Years. After She Passed Away I Wanted To Keep It, But Before I Could It Was Thrown Away

#10 Lobster Claw (Pen For Size). Sent From Maine To Denmark Just After Ww2, Filled With Chocolates.

#11 First Time Post. My Oldest Brother Making A Call On His Play Phone, Christmas- Late Fifties/Early Sixties. Check Out The Muntz TV. Still Had It When I Was Born 7 Years Later.

#12 Given To Me By My Grandma When I Was Five In 1976. It Wasn’t Hers, But It’s All I Have To Remember Her.

#13 Fireman’s Badge Like My Grandfather Wore For 30 Yrs. He Started Out As A Volunteer And Worked His Way Up To Being A Captain.