The Military Merit Cross Award Statistics 1849-1899
| Year | MVK |
MVK with War Decoration (Posthum/Retroactive KD)* |
Foreigners | Total | |
| 1849 | --- | 1002 | (--/--) | --- | 1002 |
| 1850 | --- | 454 | (--/--) | --- | 454 |
| 1851 | 20 | 15 | (--/--) | --- | 35 |
| 1852 | 3 | 11 | (--/--) | --- | 14 |
| 1853 | 2 | 1 | (--/--) | --- | 3 |
| 1854 | 1 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 1 |
| 1855 | --- | --- | (--/--) | --- | --- |
| 1856 | 1 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 1 |
| 1857 | 1 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 1 |
| 1859 | 4 | 841 | (14/ 1) | 3 | 862 |
| From 12 Jan 1860 changed appearance for awards with and without war decoration! | |||||
| 1860 | 3 | 29 | ( 1/--) | --- | 33 |
| 1861 | 4 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 4 |
| 1862 | 6 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 6 |
| 1863 | 4 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 4 |
| 1864 | 3 | 86 | ( 1/--) | 7 | 97 |
| 1865 | 8 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 8 |
| 1866 | 17 | 940 | (38/--) | 54** | 1049 |
| From 1 Jan 1867 introduction of hallmark tax! | |||||
| 1867 | 2 | 11 | ( 1/--) | --- | 14 |
| 1868 | 7 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 7 |
| 1869 | 3 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 3 |
| 1870 | 9 | 31 | (-6/--) | --- | 46 |
| 1871 | 7 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 7 |
| From 1 April 1872 changed appearance of official hallmark punch! | |||||
| 1872 | 12 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 12 |
| 1873 | 7 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 7 |
| 1874 | 19 | --- | (--/--) | 2 | 21 |
| 1875 | 9 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 9 |
| 1876 | 27 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 27 |
| 1877 | 45 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 45 |
| 1878 | 38 | 388 | (-5/-4) | --- | 431 |
| 1879 | 49 | 6 | (-1/-1) | --- | 56 |
| 1880 | 77 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 77 |
| 1881 | 68 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 68 |
| 1882 | 35 | 62 | (-1/-2) | --- | 98 |
| 1883 | 68 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 68 |
| 1884 | 53 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 53 |
| 1885 | 86 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 86 |
| 1886 | 68 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 68 |
| 1887 | 64 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 64 |
| 1888 | 72 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 72 |
| 1889 | 77 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 77 |
| 1890 | 83 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 83 |
| 1891 | 88 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 88 |
| 1892 | 93 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 93 |
| 1893 | 66 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 66 |
| 1894 | 68 | --- | (--/--) | 1 | 69 |
| 1895 | 92 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 92 |
| 1896 | 64 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 64 |
| 1897 | 56 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 56 |
| 1898 | 261 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 261 |
| 1899 | 66 | --- | (--/--) | --- | 66 |
* Awards of War Decorations to a previously awarded MVK are not totaled.
** Of these ten awarded to members of the (Austrian) Mexican Volunteer Corps - (österreichisch-) mexikanischen Freiwilligenkorps!
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