Ooh, lemme try to translate!
Sable two towers Argent, holly a pale proper And for the crest on a wreath Sable and Or A demi figure of a hound rampant to sinister Sable wreathed about the neck with a collar and tag Or Mantled with hair Sable and Or protruding from the wreathed helm Argent.
The field color is the most obvious place to start: black is for constancy/resolve/duty, intelligence, grief, and what isn't black on this crest is largely gold (excellence, greatness, honor, noble deeds). The dog, of course, represents courage, loyalty, and vigilance – curiously, however, it looks the wrong way... which the knight whose helm it's standing on does not. The mantle of hair puts me in mind of Rapunzel, especially with the towers (which also, fittingly, mean defense and individual fortitude) and climbing greenery (truth).
Putting this together, I get the sense this crest belongs to someone who's been trapped for a long time, probably with familial expectations transformed into the continuing constraints of duty (the towers, Rapunzel's prisons, becoming the same-color/similarly drawn helm as they rise). It was truth growing up those towers, widening the cracks between the stones until it was thick and sturdily-rooted enough to provide a way out, that allowed the crestbearer the freedom to escape, transmogrifying their cage into something to be worn as a symbol of honor and duty. Said crestbearer has accomplished great deeds this way and is determined to continue, but can't help mourning everything they might have been without having to bear so much weight.
In fact, as much as they want to be a dutiful, honorable "good soldier," they can't bring themself to cut off their identity entirely behind the armor; their rampant individuality keeps escaping, hair streaming free and unwieldy in a sort of cape. (The mantle of a crest was initially intended to imply some protective layer to cover the back, which I find rather inspiring here.) And the mammal-beast within the armor can't help but look where the knight refuses to, seeking someone worthy to take ownership of its collar and afford it the medal it deserves for its service. Someday, when the holly grows tall enough, its truth may be strong enough to crack the armor open, too.
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