While sometimes meant in earnest, it's more usually said for laughs as a comical mild insult, especially with the diminutive 'gesiggie' which both softens it and adds comic effect. Closest (but inexact) English would be 'a little face that just makes you want to punch it'.
Thanks for the info about context. Shorter English: "Punchable face." What got me was the word "often." It reminded me of a line from a book about geckos, that the Phelsuma species "are frequently called 'living jewels of the islands of the Indian ocean'." Frequently? How many times a day?
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