Truth is... he WAS fighting the Nazi's while he had that foot locker. At one time, he had postcards from every country and city he'd been in during the war. He especially love Italy... North African never got a good comment from him, tho. So it must have been really bad when he was there.
The clock and the painting I brag to everyone who comes into the room. I am so proud of the work he did, and how it's held up to this very day... over 100 years old. The back of the painting I had to repair because it was so fragile when it was taken from Mom's house, and my brother wasn't exactly gentle.
My sis wants the clock when I die, and probably the painting too. My brother really doesn't care about all that. He just wanted all of Dad's guns. Although there were a lot of modern guns (which I didn't care for at all), Dad had all his old hunting rifles from when he was a kid on up. Even tho he's a one-issue voter (guess which one) I couldn't resent saying "of course, they're yours).
The only other person in the family who cares about family history is my oldest grandson. So like me... and I've been giving him a deep dive in between dealing with crises in his life and ours.
BTW... anyone remember a cat lamp from the 1950's? It was a sleek black ceramic jaguar cat. On one side, there was a cut out where you put in a bulb (like a xmas tree light) to make it a night light. I slept with that light on my entire childhood at Grandma's. And I've still got it. My daughter wants it, but I'm not so sure. I think it might be worth something these days. I did find an old ceramic sleigh that I'd had forever was about 6 times its original value on the 'Net. I gave my grandson my entire collection of Time-Life Enchanted world and Myth and Magic books. I nearly fell over when I found out how much I could have gotten for them if I'd sold them, instead. But like I said... my grandson is SO like me.
And everyone will love the fact I have two cat trees in the front room -- where we never sit; we're always in the family room. But the cats OWN the front room! 
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