Eric,
I will not make a literal translation but will try to help.
The gun displayed in Henrotin is a Navy Carbine as can be found described in Kenyon on Pages 190/191. The verbiage is almost identical between the two authors.
But..this is not your gun. Your carbine displays all the characteristics of the 1920 Carbine. Externally, just looking at the forearm tells you that. Checkering and attachment are different in the two variations.
I am puzzled by the SN. Others on this forum, much more knowledgeable about the period will tell you that the SN falls in the DWM29 period and is literally in the middle of the range in Dwight's list that is dominated by Police sear safety guns.
Again, apologies but this is not my area of expertise so I cannot even speculate on the similarities of the SN on your carbine and the range of DWM SNs that are documented.
DWM were pretty careful about not producing guns that had the same SN unlike the Swiss who in the early days could have multiple guns with the same SN, e.g. the saga of the standard issue Military, the "A" series and the 'E" series. But I digress.
Sorry not to be of further help.
John
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