iron rations

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All three agreed that relief funds were now being spread so thin that those being helped were on "iron rations."

From Time Magazine Archive

Disappointed we lie down and consider whether we couldn’t have a go at the iron rations.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

I knew that the attack was almost due, so I prepared for it and took my iron rations with me.

From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George

In preparation for the attack, our men had to lie under the cover of broken hedges for twenty-four hours, living only on the iron rations which they carried with them.

From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George

Asked why they had gone hungry when they had food in their pockets, the sergeant replied that the eating of iron rations without orders from a superior officer was forbidden.

From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.