keepsake

[ keep-seyk ]

/ ˈkipˌseɪk /

anything kept, or given to be kept, as a token of friendship or affection; remembrance.

Origin of keepsake

1780–90; keep (v.) + sake¹

souvenir, memento, token.

I had been thinking about a keepsake from the wedding and saw the toast and thought to myself: 'Why not'?

Slice of Charles's Toast to be Auctioned |Tom Sykes |July 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
She has lost the little brooch I gave her for a keepsake on the day before her marriage.

The Woman in White |Wilkie Collins
How foolish; I might give you something for a keepsake which would leave better memories, do you not think so?

John Ermine of the Yellowstone |Frederic Remington
I shall be happy to make you some acceptable little present—keepsake, I mean—in return.

Three Courses and a Dessert |Anonymous

I couldn't git to the place to use it none, so I keep it for a keepsake.

Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives |Work Projects Administration
And she managed to hide the keepsake the Prince had given her.

Oswald Bastable and Others |Edith Nesbit

keepsake

/ (ˈkiːpˌseɪk) /

a gift that evokes memories of a person or event with which it is associated