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The crest is the topmost part of a coat of arms so it was appropriate to check: "Fairbairn's Book of Crests; Of the families of Great Britain and Ireland," Fourth Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905 (reprint),
On p.441, among the several Perry families it lists:
Perry, of Walter, Devonsh., a hind's head erased or, holding in the mouth a sprig of pear-tree vert, fructed of the first.
cf. 124.3
Using the Heraldic Terms section:
hind = a doe or female of the stag.
erased = forcibly torn off leaving the separated parts jagged...
or = gold frequently represented by yellow
vert = green, represented when engraved by diagonal lines...
fructed = bearing fruit
cf. (Latin. compare) refers to plate 123 item 3 in the book, which you should be able to locate in a good library. Then you can compare it to your picture. It does show a stripe on the bottom in the plate (which is in B&W) so it at least appears similar to your description even though it's an English crest. If you are unable to find the book I do have a copy of Fairbairn’s here on my shelf if you need any other information. At any rate, I hope this helps.
Jim
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