France: Francois Merignac 1817-81 in fencing jacket portrait by Ernesta Robert Merignac cast bronze medal

France: Francois Merignac 1817-81 in fencing jacket portrait by Ernesta Robert Merignac.  This is probably a
memorial made c.1900
cast bronze medal 45.4mm.

Francois Merignac ran a fencing school in Paris.  Many family members were fencers including Louis Merignac who won gold in 1900 at the Olympic Games.