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

We got an issue of biscuit and jam, or biscuit and bully-beef, to take with us, and each one carried his iron rations in a little bag at his side.

From At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. by Hargrave, John

A supply of iron rations was also furnished each car from the supply car of the special.

From The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces by Bachman, William Elmer

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