Mike, ask politely for it once, tell her it's sentimental to you, if she refuses, let it go, it's just "stuff".
M 19 years, MC for 8 months, DB'd for 8 months 4 kids; 18, 15, 14, & 10 I was never meant to be a doormat. It took me years of therapy to become assertive enough to stop his abuse.
