An apparatus, comprising: a prescriptive see-through eyepiece including: a meniscus lens body having an external scene side with a convex curvature and an eye-ward side with a concave curvature; and an optical combiner disposed within the meniscus lens body between the external scene side and the eye-ward side to combine image light incident through the eye-ward side with external scene light incident through the external scene side into a combined image directed along an eye-ward direction out of the meniscus lens body , wherein the optical combiner is partially reflective and imparts substantially no lensing power to the external scene light that passes through the optical combiner, wherein the optical combiner along with the concave curvature of the eye-ward side of the meniscus lens body are collectively configured to impart prescriptive lensing to the image light, and wherein the convex curvature of the external scene side and the concave curvature of the eye-ward side are collectively configured to impart the prescriptive lensing to the external scene light; wherein the meniscus lens body includes a recess in the eye-ward side and the optical combiner comprises an insert having a size and a shape that inserts into the recess ; wherein the optical combiner is configured to impart lensing power to the image light in reflection; wherein the optical combiner comprises: a plurality of serrated surfaces, wherein the serrated surfaces are curved to impart the lensing power in reflection; and a partially reflective coating disposed over the serrated surfaces; and wherein the recess includes an interior surface having complementary serrated surfaces that are mated to the plurality of serrated surfaces of the insert . a meniscus lens body having an external scene side with a convex curvature and an eye-ward side with a concave curvature; and an optical combiner disposed within the meniscus lens body between the external scene side and the eye-ward side to combine image light incident through the eye-ward side with external scene light incident through the external scene side into a combined image directed along an eye-ward direction out of the meniscus lens body , wherein the optical combiner is partially reflective and imparts substantially no lensing power to the external scene light that passes through the optical combiner, wherein the optical combiner along with the concave curvature of the eye-ward side of the meniscus lens body are collectively configured to impart prescriptive lensing to the image light, and wherein the convex curvature of the external scene side and the concave curvature of the eye-ward side are collectively configured to impart the prescriptive lensing to the external scene light; wherein the meniscus lens body includes a recess in the eye-ward side and the optical combiner comprises an insert having a size and a shape that inserts into the recess ; wherein the optical combiner is configured to impart lensing power to the image light in reflection; wherein the optical combiner comprises: a plurality of serrated surfaces, wherein the serrated surfaces are curved to impart the lensing power in reflection; and a partially reflective coating disposed over the serrated surfaces; and a plurality of serrated surfaces, wherein the serrated surfaces are curved to impart the lensing power in reflection; and a partially reflective coating disposed over the serrated surfaces; and wherein the recess includes an interior surface having complementary serrated surfaces that are mated to the plurality of serrated surfaces of the insert . <EOS>