To provide context, the two people were out on a date, and one offered to buy
the other a bracelet, and she responded with.

> 「ではありがたくいただきましょうか。初{はつ}デートの記念{きねん} **というやつ** です」

I can sort of understand that she is saying that this bracelet will act as
something to 'celebrate' their first date, however, what exactly _というやつ_ is
doing is not clear to me.
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Meaning of 初デートの記念というやつです
> 「ではありがたくいただきましょうか。初{はつ}デートの記念{きねん}というやつです。」

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> 「ではありがたくいただきましょうか。『初デートの記念』というやつです。」

「～～という **やつ** 」 is a colloquial way of saying " ** _what one might call ~~_**
".

「やつ」 here means "a/the thing", not a "person".

> "I will take it with gratitude, then. It is what I might call a
> commemoration of our first date."
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