Original U.S. Army Vietnam Era AN/PVS-2B Starlight Night Vision Scope with Transit Bag German Field Gear Keek (Detroit Michigan)

Keek (Detroit Michigan)

Smoke billows from something burning in the distance in a hellish war scene adding emphasis to the poster’s message to “Lend As They Fight – Buy War Bonds To Your UTMOST

so it looks like the burner reservoir itself is a post war replacement

it was also awarded for exemplary military service

Original U.S. Army Vietnam Era AN/PVS-2B Starlight Night Vision Scope with Transit Bag German Field Gear Keek (Detroit Michigan)Original Item: Only One Available. The U. S. Army AN PVS 2 is a first generation night vision device, first developed during the Vietnam war era, which quickly went through several different revisions. This particular scope is version 2B. While very large and heavy by "modern" standards, the 6 pound passive starlight PVS 2s were considered state of the art when it came to the capabilities of U. S. troops fighting at night. These scopes first entered