But I also understand how inherited items can become divisive, and like Solomon, sometimes it's best that no-one in the family has them!
That is very true and I have often been unwittingly involved in these family bust-ups when the purported owner sold me medals, only for another family member to come along later saying they had no right to sell them, etc.
In my own family's case, I have quite happily raised no objection to my oldest brother having our father's rather unusual medals, which will eventually be passed on to his own grandchildren. But in the event of an all too common quarrel I agree it is better that they be sold and the proceeds divided rather than they become a source of division in the family