Soviet Does anyone know this man?

[Hauptmann]

Hi all,

Hope it's okay to pop this one in here. I missed getting this photo off Ebay a while back but just had to save it as this HSU looks just like a close friend of mine.

I'm curious to know if anyone out there might have an idea who this is? I'm assuming he's a Sergeant of some sort by the shoulder boards he's wearing.

Anyhow I know our experts in this field will probably be able to tell quite a bit more from the photo than I could. Sadly, as far as I know there was nothing written on the back of the photo... just the picture itself.

If by chance anyone can ID this gent and give any information on him, how he received his awards, etc. I'd love to hear about it.

Many thanks!

Dan